Freeing Energy Policy From The Climate Change Debate
June 04, 2010
June 21, 2010 | Ted Nordhaus, Michael Shellenberger,
Media elites and environmentalists are howling over Hillary Rodham Clinton's and John McCain's call to suspend the gasoline tax. While the gas tax "holiday" is certainly a crass pander to working-class swing voters who are more concerned about rising energy prices than global warming, it is also a powerful warning to groups that hope to deal with climate change by increasing the cost of electricity.