Wednesday, December 3, 2003

Cap and Trade? Or bait and switch? Former EPA Administrator Carol Browner puts a fine point on it (in conversation with Aaron Brown about the Bush Administation's environmental policies), and the point is apparently not "cap and trade" vs regulation, as some media reports would suggest. Cap and trade is fine, she said. The problem is where the Bush mercury reduction plan sets the cap -- calling for a 70% reduction over 15 years, vs. the existing plan, which would reduce levels 90% over five years. 7:42:02 PM    comment []  trackback []

Bush meets Blake: Measuring Results - A Poet versus the MBAs [Wealth Bondage]: G.W. Bush was found wandering the White House, muttering, What a fool I have been! I see it now, "Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion." I don't know quite what to make of Wealth Bondage, but I do like that posting that yielded that excerpt! Hmm, maybe this one helps: What we owe the poor is the least they will accept in lieu of cutting our throats. We call that the social contract. 5:54:41 PM    comment []  trackback []