Videos on Sensible Climate and Energy Policy

The media page for the Price Carbon Campaign has several great videos available that explain from a wide variety of perspectives why a simple clear revenue neutral carbon tax is the best solution to climate, economic, environmental, employment and national security challenges that are all interrelated. Another important video is  “The Huge Mistake” by attorneys Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel which explains clearly why the solutions generally favored in Washington really are a huge mistake. Then there is this good summary of the issues from a forum sponsored by The Carbon Tax Center, Climate Crisis Coalition, Citizens Climate Lobby, Friends Committee on National legislation, Friends of the Earth, Progressive Democrats of America, The Clean Coalition, We Act for Environmental Justice and the Price Carbon Campaign.

For those who care seriously about these issues and do not want to see wasteful and ineffective solutions substituted for clear simple and real solutions, spending an hour or so watching these videos could be a great investment of your time. It would also be great for every member of the senate to watch them all prior to taking a position on legislation.

These videos provide compelling video regarding the fundamental problems of the  convoluted corporate welfare schemes like the Kerry Graham Lieberman bill now making its way to the senate. With clearly far better bipartisan bills already drafted, like the Cantwell Collins “Carbon Limits and Energy for America’s Renewal (CLEAR) Act” and the Inglis Flake Lipinski  “Raise Wages, Cut Carbon Act”, we can only hope that these clear messages of common sense have more impact than all the special interest lobbyists that generally drive policy in Washington.

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Bio: Fred Unger was first invited to speak at a NESEA conference in 1979, later served on the Board, served as Treasurer and chaired the 2003 Building Energy Conference. He has worked for over three decades in green building, building envelope engineering, real estate development and renewable energy project development. He has recently started blogging at http://emergingconsensus.wordpress.com.