Posted by The Foundry on October 19th, 2010 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as cap and trade, copenhagen, epa, mexico
Maybe international treaties do send perfectly good jobs overseas after all; it’s just that these treaties do so by regulating commerce at home rather than facilitating it abroad. The Kyoto Protocol is evidence of this fact. Less than a week ago, as the European Environment Agency was celebrating reducing carbon production by close to 17%,…
Posted by Shane on December 17th, 2009 | Categorized as In The Media, Legislation | Tagged as climate change, climate treaty, constitution, copenhagen, global warming, politics, president obama, republic
President Obama’s mission to save the planet from global warming could end up trampling on the U.S. Constitution, critics say. When Obama arrives in Copenhagen Friday, he is hoping to cut a deal on a new global-warming agreement. Even though the conference is not likely to produce a legally binding deal, critics say if the…