US Chamber Does China's Dirty Work

by: Teddy Goodson

Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 20:25:09 PM EST

"....a treacherous U.S. Chamber of Commerce, always willing to put its obsequious scraping to Big Oil and King Coal ahead of its duty to our country, has battled every effort to accelerate America's transition to a market-based de-carbonized economy."

The Chamber claims that trying for energy independence puts us at a disadvantage with the Chinese, but the exact opposite is true.  By hamstringing America's move to energy independence, the US Chamber is actually helping the Chinese to "steal America's once substantial lead in renewable power... (and) will soon make us as dependent on Chinese green technology... as we have been on Saudi oil."

Eugene Robinson: Coal's Pipedream?

by: teacherken

Fri Jun 05, 2009 at 06:09:34 AM EDT

Let me offer the conclusion at the start:

The Obama administration is spending $2.4 billion from the stimulus package on carbon capture and storage projects -- a mere down payment. Imagine what that money could do if it were spent on solar, wind and other renewable energy sources. Imagine if we actually tried to solve the problem rather than bury it.

and the beginning:

President Obama should be applauded for taking climate change seriously, recognizing that the phenomenon can be traced to the burning of fossil fuels and intensifying the search for viable solutions. In one of its centerpiece initiatives, however, the administration may be digging a very expensive dry hole.

Now, go read the rest, and then we can talk.