Slamming on the economic brakes

"Congress needs to pass stiff new carbon taxes on all industries and products that emit carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases in any significant quantities. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should push for a much stiffer version of the Kyoto Protocol, the carbon-reducing treaty that Bush scrapped after virtually all advanced nations had ratified it.

And they should ramrod through enabling legislation that allows local cities and counties to impose stiff penalties on individuals who despoil the environment. It's high time to put polar bears -- and all other living things, for that matter -- above corporate profits."

- Wayne Madsen