Tell Senate to Reject Climate Change Bill that Would Hurt Poor, Economy

By Richard Land - Jun 2, 2008 - 1

Alarmists are calling all senators to board their global warming train this week in Washington to avoid what they consider to be a looming climate catastrophe, despite warnings that it could wreck our economy, destroy jobs, and harm the poor.

I need your help to stop this train before it leaves the station!

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote this week on a bill to mandate massive cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by electrical, industrial, and transportation sectors in a vain attempt to reduce the unfounded threat of cataclysmic global warming.

The hype and good intentions driving this train would yield devastating consequences.

Energy costs would skyrocket, with residential electricity prices expected to escalate 40 percent by 2020. The U.S. would lose a projected 1.8 million jobs in 2020 and 4 million in 2050 to nations like China and India, which are not subject to emissions restrictions. Gross domestic product (GDP) losses could reach $4.8 trillion by 2030.

What is even more troubling is that poor people in this country and around the world would suffer the most as the rising costs of all goods make mere subsistence increasingly burdensome and millions of people in underdeveloped regions of the world would find it even more difficult to have the cheap and abundant energy they need to escape their desperate circumstances.

All this would come with an almost immeasurable reduction in global climate temperatures. This is a price too high for a policy based on science disputed more and more each day by thousands of scientists and climatologists.

Christians have a responsibility to practice environmental stewardship. But any action should first consider its impact on God’s most prized creation, human beings.

If you agree, please tell your senators to oppose the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 3036). You can call them by dialing the Capitol switchboard at 202/224-3121. Or click here to e-mail them a suggested letter or one entirely your own.

Thank you for joining me as a voice of reason to stop this bill before it crushes livelihoods and liberties.

Click here for more information on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007

Click here to sign the “We Get It!” campaign on environmental stewardship

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1 On Nov 15th, 2008, at 5:49pm, eric wrote:

Why don’t you pray that god will provide the cooling, and let those of us who believe in science to get on with saving the earth?

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