The Devil’s in the Details: Time Bombs Buried in Cap-and-Trade

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  June 13th at 11:14 AM  | 

Buried in the 900-odd pages of legislation promoted by Messrs. Waxman and Markey (official name: The Let’s-Hogtie-the-American-Economy-and-Throw-It-In-the-Ditch Act of 2009) is language that would cede control of local building codes to the Department of Energy if states and municipalities fail to meet draconian goals to cut carbon emissions in the future. (See the Washington Post editorial quoted below.) Let’s do a quick accounting of the | Read More »