Although a vote on "climate change" legislation is being pushed into 2010, a leading think tank is warning people to stay on their toes.
Prospects are looking dim for cap-and-trade legislation in 2009. In conjunction, America's failure to pass the legislation is having a negative effect on the upcoming Copenhagen climate treaty talks. But Ben Lieberman of The Heritage Foundation warns concerned citizens that the fight is not over. "Those of us who are concerned about the global-warming legislation as it currently stands need to constantly be vigilant," he urges. "But it does look like things are being pushed into 2010. Reality is just sort of intruding on this parade -- the economic reality [is] that this is going to be very burdensome in the midst of recession [and] the scientific reality furthered by evidence of e-mails coming out, showing that the science behind this may actually be fraudulent. So it may be all cost for no real benefit in terms of actually reducing a real problem, so the wheels are really coming off the cart on this issue." The e-mails Lieberman is referring to were allegedly leaked from the U.K.-based Hadley Center that is responsible for ground temperature readings from which NASA's satellites are calibrated. He says the e-mails prove that the temperature data was forged in order to show the results they wanted. Criminal charges are being pursued in the matter.
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