Posted on 05 September 2012. Tags: 1 Billion, American Citizens, American Taxpayers, Attempts, Blatant Violation, Carbon Emissions, Consumers, European Union, Federal Government, Government Bureaucracies, International Institutions, International Organizations, Skepticism, Solidarity, Stc, Tax Regimes, Taxpayer Dollars, Tobacco Products, United Nations, World Health Organization
“American taxpayers are quite often skeptical and critical of federal government bureaucracies. That skepticism is amplified when applied to international institutions like the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN), which receives more than $1 billion in taxpayer dollars. “The EU is moving to set a tax on carbon emissions…Not only will this emissions [...]
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Posted on 03 December 2011. Tags: Bad Case, Binding Agreement, Binding Obligations, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change Agreement, Climate Conference, Commitments, Delegation, Emerging Economies, Emission Reduction, Environment Minister, Global Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, National Sovereignty, Oil Sands, Peter Kent, Proven Oil Reserves, Roadmap, Signatories, Waste Of Time
From the Waste of Time called the Durban Climate Conference: Today it’s all about negotiations with the EU on its “new” proposal to press all parties into discussions now to agree their eventual full participation in a legally binding agreement on emissions reductions. Jonathan Pershing, deputy special envoy for climate change and head of the [...]
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Posted on 06 May 2011. Tags: Albemarle, Albemarle County, Board Of Supervisors, Carbon Emissions, County Attorney, County Executive, County Staff, Cuccinelli, Encouraging News, Foia Request, Global Organization, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Iclei, Information From County, Legal Opinion, Rooker, Staff Decisions, Thomas Foley, Voluntary Effort, Work Session
There is encouraging news arising from right here in VA! According to the Charlottesville Tomorrow News, Albemarle County is considering leaving ICLEI! Here’s the story and here’s some highlights, too: A member of the Albemarle Board of Supervisors has called for the county to rescind its membership in a U.N.-backed global organization that advises cities [...]
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Posted on 15 March 2011. Tags: Carbon Emissions, Clean Air Act, Climate Change, Control Regime, Debbie Stabenow, Energy Distributors, Environmental Protection Agency, Epa Regulations, Fragile Economy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Investment Market, Jim Webb, Mark Pryor, Mary Landrieu, Max Baucus, Mccook Daily Gazette, Nebraska Families, Sen Debbie Stabenow, Senator Jim Webb, Single Agency
Dem Senator: EPA’s Actions ‘Jeopardize Thousands Of Jobs’ SEN. MAX BAUCUS (D-MT) On The EPA Regulating CO2: “I Do Not Want The EPA Writing Those Regulations.” “One issue discussed was Environmental Protection Agency’s role in greenhouse gas regulations. Baucus noted, ‘I mentioned that I do not want the EPA writing those regulations. I think it’s [...]
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Posted on 18 March 2010. Tags: Carbon Emissions, Cuban Coast, Dependence On Foreign Oil, Eastern Seaboard, Economic Sense, Fairy Dust, Freedom Center, George Allen, Governor Allen, Governor George Allen, Green Thumbs, Greenie, Obama, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Production, Oil Derricks, Outer Continental Shelf, Virginia Governor, Washington Times, Washington Times Editorial
While Obama and the Democrats sit on their green thumbs group thinking energy from star and fairy dust, Russia has decided to drill off the coast of Cuba. I suppose that if we don’t want the oil, they will take it and sell it to us when the greenie weenie thing fails, like all Obama programs do.
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