Demand government cash to take action
(NEWSER) - Farmers are among those facing the highest risk from global warming—storms, droughts and swarms of insect pests are coming their way—yet “true to form,” they’re not interested in backing a bill to fight it without reaping even more government cash, sputters Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post. What he calls "the world's most selfish lobby" is opposing the House cap-and-trade bill up for a vote today, even though farms are exempted, because it might raise their fuel and fertilizer costs, and they want the government to pick up the tab. More»
