It's probably no coincidence that Gov. Jerry Brown recently launched a
website to scare Californians into embracing his global-warming hype.
The state is about to launch a cap-and-trade scheme that potentially
will raise billions of dollars for the government, ostensibly to fight
global warming.
In reality, the money is likely to be diverted to more mundane political uses – like backfilling the huge budget hole perpetuated by Mr. Brown and the Democratic-controlled Legislature.If Mr. Brown were more honest, he would acknowledge that his intention isn't to curb global warming, which we and many scientists maintain is a highly disputable threat. If he were straightforward, Mr. Brown would explain to Californians that his cap-and-trade penalties on large industrial emitters of greenhouse gases are nothing but a disguised tax to raise billions to finance already overblown government operations.
The governor's new website, a propaganda tool at taxpayer expense to refute critics of global warming alarmism, is called "Climate Change, Just the Facts." You can find it here: http://climatechange.ca.gov/
You can find contrary views at the Climate Depot http://climatedepot.com/ and Watts Up With That http://wattsupwiththat.com/. Both sites link to countless others that take views contrary to Gov. Brown's.
What you won't find on Mr. Brown's government website is an even-handed treatment. The governor invokes the demagogic claim that, "we need to end the climate change debate and focus on how to solve the problem."
Pesky debates and their incessant habit of raising questions and offering contrary facts are anathema to Mr. Brown's agenda, which is to push ahead with Draconian government regulations and revenue-raising schemes such as cap-and-trade authorized by Assembly Bill 32, the 2006 law known as the Global Warming Solutions Act.
Read more: http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/brown-368900-government-warming.html
In reality, the money is likely to be diverted to more mundane political uses – like backfilling the huge budget hole perpetuated by Mr. Brown and the Democratic-controlled Legislature.If Mr. Brown were more honest, he would acknowledge that his intention isn't to curb global warming, which we and many scientists maintain is a highly disputable threat. If he were straightforward, Mr. Brown would explain to Californians that his cap-and-trade penalties on large industrial emitters of greenhouse gases are nothing but a disguised tax to raise billions to finance already overblown government operations.
The governor's new website, a propaganda tool at taxpayer expense to refute critics of global warming alarmism, is called "Climate Change, Just the Facts." You can find it here: http://climatechange.ca.gov/
You can find contrary views at the Climate Depot http://climatedepot.com/ and Watts Up With That http://wattsupwiththat.com/. Both sites link to countless others that take views contrary to Gov. Brown's.
What you won't find on Mr. Brown's government website is an even-handed treatment. The governor invokes the demagogic claim that, "we need to end the climate change debate and focus on how to solve the problem."
Pesky debates and their incessant habit of raising questions and offering contrary facts are anathema to Mr. Brown's agenda, which is to push ahead with Draconian government regulations and revenue-raising schemes such as cap-and-trade authorized by Assembly Bill 32, the 2006 law known as the Global Warming Solutions Act.
Read more: http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/brown-368900-government-warming.html
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