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Energy Policy: Senate Democrats have shelved job-killing cap-and-trade legislation, at least for now. Neither the political nor the Earth's climate suggests it's a good time to try to fool Mother Nature or the American people. After a Thursday meeting with Senate Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has apparently dropped plans to pursue cap-and-trade before the August recess. He doesn't have the votes to overcome a GOP filibuster, and saving the earth from a phantom threat stands way below jobs on Americans' wish list. But watch out after November. "What he suggested is that we move forward on several bills...

A new study shows that the so-called American Power Act would cost the economy 5.1 million jobs and an average of more than $1,000 in extra energy costs per family. President Obama has repeatedly told Americans he has three main policy priorities — rewriting health care, overhauling the financial system, and imposing a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He met his first goal and he’s closer than ever on the second; time is running out if he wants to meet the trifecta by the end of 2010. But make no mistake, the president and his allies in Congress...

Energy Policy: The administration plans to use sleight-of-hand politics to sneak through an economy-killing tax on energy as necessary to save the Earth. Make no mistake: Cap-and-trade is a tax every American will pay in every aspect of his or her life.IBD Exclusive Series: American Freedom And Prosperity Under AttackCap-and-trade is like Jason Voorhees of the "Friday the 13th" movie series. Just when you think you've killed it, it comes back. Exposures of fraud in the climate science used to justify it seemed to doom its chances as the economy soured and prospective costs seemed prohibitive. Then the Deepwater Horizon...

On nearly a dozen occasions President Obama has cited Spain as his model for creating a green economy. Yet a report by the Spanish University of Rey Juan Carlos points out what a dismal disaster Spain’s green policy has been. Spain’s economy is on the verge of collapse, unemployment is rampant, dept is through the roof, and the housing market makes the United States appear robust. But that isn’t stopping the administration from pushing forward legislation that will cripple our economy just as it has Spain’s. Senator John Kerry who coauthored the bill with Senator Joe Lieberman was interviewed by...

The bill is about “jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs” (for bureaucrats, enviro lawyers, and climate scientists). Investor’s Business Daily: Regulations: Call it cap-and-trade or bait-and-switch, but John Kerry and Joe Lieberman continue to tilt at windmills with a bill to restrain energy growth in the name of saving the planet. The bill introduced Wednesday and sponsored by the two senators is called the American Power Act, an Orwellian phrase if ever there was one. Like President Obama’s offshore drilling program, for every “incentive” there is a restriction. It’s as if Hamlet were to be appointed Secretary of Energy.

Top senators backed away from offshore drilling in a major new energy bill unveiled Wednesday, revealing the dramatic shift in drilling politics since the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico began last month. The bill, authored by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., would let a state ban drilling within 75 miles of its coastline vs. 3 miles currently. A state also would be able to veto neighbors' drilling projects if a mandatory study indicated that an accident could harm the state's economy or environment. This is a major reversal from late '09, when Kerry called for...

The Climate Bill came out today, er.. I mean cap-and-trade, er..I mean 'The American Power Act'. Tonight, Glenn exposes more of Crime, INC and shows us who and what is really behind this attempt to further transform our country and lead us down the path to global governance. This is incredible..he also uncovers stuff about Maurice Strong, the man whose idea it was for carbon credits in the first place..he's been talking about it for years. Though, I think Alex Jones did something on this before, not sure. http://www.watchglennbeck.com

Regulations: Call it cap-and-trade or bait-and-switch, but John Kerry and Joe Lieberman continue to tilt at windmills with a bill to restrain energy growth in the name of saving the planet.IBD Exclusive Series: American Freedom And Prosperity Under AttackThe bill introduced Wednesday and sponsored by the two senators is called the American Power Act, an Orwellian phrase if ever there was one. Like President Obama's offshore drilling program, for every "incentive" there is a restriction. It's as if Hamlet were to be appointed Secretary of Energy. The legislation has little to do with developing America's vast domestic energy supply. It's...