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What Others Are Saying

Dennis Kucinich: “I oppose H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.  The reason is simple.  It won’t address the problem.  In fact, it might make the problem worse.
“Passing a weak bill today gives us weak environmental policy tomorrow,”- said Kucinich.
Lloyd Doggett: “This energy bill’s fine print betrays its laudable purpose. The real cap is on the public interest and the trade is the billions from the public to polluters.”
Brent Blackwelder FOE: “This exercise in politics as usual is a wholly unacceptable response to one of the greatest challenges of our time, and it endangers the welfare of current and future generations. … If the ‘political reality’ at present cannot accommodate stronger legislation, their first task must be to expand what is politically possible-not to pass a counterproductive bill.”
Blackwelder: “When Reps. Waxman and Ed Markey accepted U.S. CAP’s compromise as the foundation for their climate bill, they set the bar too low.”

I oppose H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.  The reason is simple.  It won’t address the problem.  In fact, it might make the problem worse.   Passing a weak bill today gives us weak environmental policy tomorrow.

–Congressman Dennis Kucinich

“This energy bill’s fine print betrays its laudable purpose. The real cap is on the public interest and the trade is the billions from the public to polluters.

–Congressman Lloyd Doggett

This exercise in politics as usual is a wholly unacceptable response to one of the greatest challenges of our time, and it endangers the welfare of current and future generations. … If the ‘political reality’ at present cannot accommodate stronger legislation, their first task must be to expand what is politically possible-not to pass a counterproductive bill.

When Reps. Waxman and Ed Markey accepted U.S. CAP’s compromise as the foundation for their climate bill, they set the bar too low.

–Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth

If Gandhi had believed in the absoluteness of “political realities” he wouldn’t have been able to single-handedly inspire a paradigm shift, which manifested itself in a full-blown non-violent civil disobedience movement across two continents.

–Eco Newsletter, by Climate Action Netword, Oct 2, 2009

SENATE CLIMATE BILL NOT ACCEPTABLE
Like the House bill, the Senate version represents the further transfer of wealth from taxpayers to the coal, nuclear, and fossil-fuel industries – a result of their immense power and influence.
Once again, Senators have, in very significant ways, sided with the interests of industry over the public…

–THECLEAN.ORG