Jul

29

Better Government Association (BGA) to Launch Massive Ad Campaign

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The Better Government Association (BGA), a newly formed 501 C4 non-profit association, announced today it will be making a huge splash into the debate on Cap-and-Trade, national health care and the socialist policies of the Obama Administration and the Democrats with a nationwide ad campaign using television, radio, newspapers, Internet and direct mail across the country.

The Better Government Association has been formed to counter the assault on conservatism and capitalism. The BGA’s stated purpose is to provide the organization lacking on the part of conservative capitalists to compete with the ultra organization of liberal socialists.

The Better Government Association has hired the best marketing experts in the world to produce advertising that will present the facts and persuade the public to turn against the socialized policies, including national health care, of the Obama Administration and Congress.

The mission of the BGA will be:

  1. To inform the public on the fallacies of the information being spread by the liberal socialist organizations and the facts on capitalism versus socialism;
  2. To promote conservative capitalist candidates for public office at all levels;
  3. To file lawsuits against unconstitutional laws and actions by government and counter-lawsuits to those lawsuits filed by the liberal socialist organizations; and
  4. To form grassroots organizations to compete with ACORN.

Liberal socialists have triumphed over conservative capitalists in recent years because they are well organized through labor unions, government employee unions, public school teacher unions, the entertainment industry unions, radical environmental organizations, plaintiff attorney organizations, ACORN, Media Matters and Moveon.org. They also get mega-funding from individuals like George Soros and have developed very advanced fundraising methods including internet fundraising.

Conservative capitalists lack this intricate network of support and are very poorly organized. The BGA will step into this void and provide the leadership and advertising expertise necessary to factually educate the public as to the benefits of capitalism versus the dangerous consequences of liberal socialism being promoted by Barack Obama, his numerous Czars and the Congress.

The initial media launch will be the first step taken by BGA to accomplish its mission. The BGA has planned an aggressive fundraising campaign to recruit millions of grassroots members who will join together to send a message to Congress and the Administration that the conversion from capitalism to socialism is not the “Change” we were promised. Membership in The Better Government Association is free.

If you are interested in learning more about The Better Government Association (www.bettergovernmentassociation.com), receive a press kit or to book an interview with BGA Leadership, please contact Lance Davis at the number above.

Jul

7

Blame It On China | Cap and Trade Battle Begins in Senate

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China Holding Up Agreement on International Climate Goals, Berlusconi Says

China threatens to derail climate treaty talks as U.S. and European leaders lay the groundwork for a new accord to fight global warming, Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said today.

Inhofe Says Climate Change Legislation Won’t Win Support of U.S. Senate

Republican Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma said climate legislation won’t be approved by the U.S. Senate even though it’s likely to get the endorsement of the Environment and Public Works Committee.

House Presses Cap and Trade
Energy Secretary Chu pressed Obama’s case on behalf of climate-change legislation as Senators clashed over the “cap-and-trade” proposal.  Read more

Jul

7

Capitol Hill Briefing on Enacting Effective Climate Policy

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An expert briefing on Capitol Hill for members of Congress and their staffs, NGOs, and journalists on enacting meaningful climate legislation in the wake of a narrow plurality for the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill in the House and uncertain prospects for it in the Senate. Briefers will address the science, economics and politics of how we get from the currently divided House and compromised bill to a better architecture and brighter prospects for legislation that can gather wide support and actually be effective in preventing catastrophic climate change. Read more

Jul

2

Coalition for the Green Bank Congratulates House Members for Passage of American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

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The Coalition for the Green Bank today congratulates Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Representative Henry A. Waxman, Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Committee, Representative Chris Van Hollen, and Representatives Edward Markey, John D Dingell and Jay Inslee on the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), an Act that will steer America towards a clean and renewable energy future.

In particular, the Coalition congratulates Representative Van Hollen for his work as the author of the original Green Bank Act proposed in March. Represented in the American Clean Energy and Security Act as the Clean Energy Deployment Administration (CEDA), the Green Bank will serve as an essential catalyst for the Read more

Jun

29

American Iron and Steel Institute Says Climate Bill as Passed by House Puts Steel Industry at Competitive Disadvantage; Bill Must Have Important Modif

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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) expressed its disappointment today over the House passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.

“We believe this bill has moved at a rushed pace that has not allowed for full debate of provisions that are critical to the steel industry, which was clearly underscored by the fact that the bill passed in the House by only seven votes,” said Thomas J. Gibson, AISI president and CEO. “The bill, as passed, will need important modifications as it moves through the Senate.

“We appreciate the hard work of Congressmen Doyle and Inslee and we look forward to continuing our work with them as this legislation moves through the process,” said Gibson. “However, we can say - with certainty - that if this bill is enacted as it presently stands, U.S. steelmakers and our workers will be at a significant competitive disadvantage in the global marketplace. Several modifications must be made to achieve the bill’s stated purpose of avoiding job loss and emission migration to overseas markets.”

One area of the bill that needs to be modified, Gibson said, relates to recognizing the challenges of energy intensive industries.

“With this bill, all forms of energy - coal, natural gas, biomass and electricity - have the potential to suffer a dramatic cost increase due to fuel switching, deployment of waste gas capture/regeneration technology, carbon capture and sequestration technology, and wind, solar and other clean energy technologies. Energy intensive industries should be rebated allowances to recover consequential cost increases resulting from this legislation, and not just emissions costs,” he said.

“Currently, the bill does not contain a meaningful border adjustment mechanism and has a significant lag before any assessment of comparable action by our trading partners is made,” Gibson said. “The legislation would clearly be inadequate to ensure that the new costs placed on steel and other trade-sensitive manufacturers would also be borne by imports,” he said. “As currently written, the border mechanism would be wholly ineffective and would simply lead to the substitution of imported products (from countries with no or far lesser environmental standards) for domestic production - undermining both the environmental objective of the bill and the competitiveness of U.S. products.”

Another area of concern in the House bill, Gibson said, is the arbitrary formula used to lower the emissions allowance schedule to energy-intensive manufacturers below 15 percent after beginning in 2015. This deprives energy-intensive manufacturers of nearly one billion allowances over the life of the program, he said. Energy-intensive manufacturers should receive the same emissions allowance schedule that is applied to every other recipient of emission allowances, he noted.

AISI serves as the voice of the North American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the material of choice. AISI plays a lead role in the development and application of new steels and steelmaking technology. AISI is comprised of 24 member companies, including integrated and electric furnace steelmakers, and 138 associate and affiliate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. AISI’s member companies represent over 75 percent of both U.S. and North American steel capacity. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s Web site at www.steel.org.

SOURCE American Iron and Steel Institute

Mar

9

Obama giveth and taketh

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At least that is the conclusion of today’s Wall Street Journal editorial, Who Pays for Cap and Trade? :

Hit hardest would be the “95% of working families” Mr. Obama keeps mentioning, usually omitting that his no-new-taxes pledge comes with the caveat “unless you use energy.” Putting a price on carbon is regressive by definition because poor and middle-income households spend more of their paychecks on things like gas to drive to work, groceries or home heating.  Read more

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