Federal Action Alerts Fail, Again

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Over the past few days, I received tons of emails urging people to “take action!” What was the goal this time? Stopping EPA regulations. There was a Senate resolution that needed to be passed. And surprise, surprise – that action failed, just like most all of them do (HR1207 anyone?)

From the Washington Post:

A Senate resolution to block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases failed narrowly Thursday, providing a temporary respite to environmental activists hoping to enact a mandatory cap on emissions before the end of the year.

But the 47 to 53 vote showed that even in the wake of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Congress remains divided over how best to address climate change. The contentious debate, in which some lawmakers suggested federal regulation would strike a devastating blow to the economy, suggested the Senate is far from decided on whether to put a price on the industrial emissions that stem from everyday activities such as lighting a home or driving a car….

Nah…what the 47-53 vote shows me is that spending all your energy begging federal politicians to vote for the constitution, or expand liberty – doesn’t work. No one remembers the 2nd place finisher in politics, especially on a run of the mill big-government vote like this.

How about a different direction – one where energy spent can actually make a difference? Still a lot of work, but at least we’ve got a chance. Brian Roberts was definitely on the right path with his recent article, Wanted: EPA out of Texas.

Michael Boldin [send him email] is the founder of the Tenth Amendment Center. He was raised in Milwaukee, WI, and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. Follow him on twitter - @michaelboldin, on LinkedIn, and on Facebook.

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This entry was posted on Friday, June 11th, 2010 at 5:13 pm. It is filed under Activism, Nullification and tagged with , , . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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Lonny Eachus
Lonny Eachus

Aside from the "big government" angle, Congress has no place making legislation about Anthropogenic Global Warming anyway, since it probably isn't even happening.

I have a pretty good science education, and I have looked deeply into this subject. Contrary to popular belief (what "everybody knows"), the actual evidence for it is so thin as to be pretty laughable, and there is quite a bit of evidence to the contrary. Keep in mind here that I'm not saying the globe isn't warming... it has been trending steadily warmer for over 6,000 years. What I am saying is that whether WE (the "anthropogenic" part) are causing it -- ANY of it -- via CO2 emissions is still very much questionable, and has become more questionable with every year that has passed since the alarmists made it a household phrase.

Also contrary to what some news agencies have stated, the researchers who claimed to have "proved" AGW (Michael Mann, Phil Jones and others), who have been under investigation for shoddy science ever since the email "leak", have not been absolved of wrongdoing. On the contrary, their respective universities have stated that further investigation is necessary, which will take some time. The UK government has announced that it will be performing its own independent study of the data, which they expect to take about 3 years.

Remember too that there is big money to be made on energy legislation. Some of Al Gore's companies alone stand to make a fortune if "cap and trade" is ever passed. Imagine that. What an amazing coincidence.