Environmentalists argue that their opponents have used those same arguments on any number of environmental issues and have not fared well with voters.
"It's been the major political challenge for any environmental public health and safety law for the last three decades," Kreindler said. "We've heard this sky-is-falling stuff forever. I don't think people are buying."
Others say the fate of any climate bill may indeed hang on just which side can better articulate its view of the "jobs" message.
"Right now, with everything going on the economy, if you can't shoehorn your message to those parameters, you don't have a message," said IER's Tucker, who previously worked in the House Republican leadership. "If you're not out there saying that whatever you're promoting is going to create jobs, it's not going to be something that's resonating."
Reprinted from Greenwire with permission from Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC. www.eenews.net, 202-628-6500
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Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisHyperbole, now THAT is helpful to all of us!
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisAbout as helpful as eco-fascists chasing chimeras and demanding that we pay their bills....
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to this"Enter Goebbels"
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisYour first comment is a Goodwin. Argumentation Fail.
Correction on Spelling. Goodwin is Godwin.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisWow, Godwinned in the first comment! Nice!
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to this"About as helpful as eco-fascists chasing chimeras and demanding that we pay their bills..."
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisA Tu quoque logical fallacy. You are now 2 for 2 on the irrational argument score board.
I think you meant to say "By writing that comment, you are exactly like Hitler" ;)
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisLOL
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisIf cap and trade is explained only about 31% are in favor of it, however; when the monitary increases are fully disclosed that number drops. Then when it is called what it is, a tax, then the people get more than unhappy.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisIf we adoped this system there will be a lot of new faces in Wasinton.
Politicions, if you think they know what they are doing look at what they did with Goverment Sponserd Entities. They have no idea about taxing work out of the country.
If you think green jobs are real check out how well they worked out in Spain.Let's just say, lies and not a good out come.
opps, Washington- long day, and I spell like trash
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to this"f cap and trade is explained only about 31% are in favor of it, however; when the monitary increases are fully disclosed that number drops. Then when it is called what it is, a tax, then the people get more than unhappy."
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisHave you ever pondered what the cost of inaction will be? How happy will the people be with a degraded environment. Why do you assume that inaction has no cost attached to it?
Probably for the same reason Shoshin thinks trying to address the climate change is like, what is it, chasing chimeras? They're victims of the 'counterargument' group which is trying to make the case that global warming is either a myth or a part of the earth's natural cycle and has nothing to do with us.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisUnfortunately, the uneducated involved public vastly outnumber those who understand that slander and mudslinging do NOT stand up in a logical debate.