US produces 25% of the worlds greenhouse gases

Bryan Walsh, Environmental staff writer, Time, April 28, 2008, Retrieved July 6, 2008,
<http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1730759_1731383_1731363-
1,00.html>.

"We are now faced with a similarly momentous challenge: global warming. The steady
deterioration of the very climate of our very planet is becoming a war of the first order, and by
any measure, the U.S. is losing. Indeed, if we're fighting at all-and by most accounts, we're not-
we're fighting on the wrong side. The U.S. produces nearly a quarter of the world's greenhouse
gases each year and has stubbornly made it clear that it doesn't intend to do a whole lot about it.
Although 174 nations ratified the admittedly flawed Kyoto accords to reduce carbon levels, the
U.S. walked away from them. While even developing China has boosted its mileage standards to
35m.p.g., the U.S. remains the land of the Hummer. Oh, there are vague promises of
manufacturing fuel from switchgrass or powering cars with hydrogen-someday. But for a country
that rightly cites patriotism as one of its core values, we're taking a pass on what might be the
most patriotic struggle of all. It's hard to imagine a bigger fight than one for the survival of the
country's coasts and farms, the health of its people and the stability of its economy-and for those
of the world at large as well."

Regulating Greenhouse gas emission will spur innovation and growth

CHRIS MERRILL. “Cutting emissions will boost economy, GE chairman says.” Star-Tribune.
July 2, 2008. Accessed online July 7, 2008
<http://casperstartribune.net/articles/2008/07/04/news/wyoming/df6d6a70a3e2d50c8725747a000
18b24.txt >.

Regulating greenhouse gas emissions will not kill business and will not be devastating to the
economy, as some people argue, the head of the world's third largest company said Tuesday.

Rather, it will spur innovation and ring in a new era of growth for America, said Jeff Immelt,
chairman and CEO of General Electric, a $370 billion multinational conglomerate
Congress needs to deal with an energy plan, not the states

Chip Pearson, GA State Senator. “Notes from the Georgia Senate: Independence Day – Time to
celebrate our core beliefs”. Dawson Times. July 4, 2008. Accessed online July 9, 2008
<http://www.dawsontimes.com/news30534/notes-from-the-georgia-senate.shtml>.

High Energy Costs – While Americans continue to suffer from high gas prices, Congress
continues to find itself gridlocked in debate on solutions to our energy crisis. State leaders
cannot approve any efforts to build new oil refineries or to explore new options for oil and
natural gas, such as making the Outer Continental Shelf and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(ANWR) accessible. Instead, Congress chooses to waste time debating whether or not to further
tax oil companies, which will only drive gas prices even higher. We need our Congress to spend
time constructively by passing a comprehensive energy plan that will meet the energy needs of
this country in the years ahead.

US produces 25% of the worlds greenhouse gases

Bryan Walsh, Environmental staff writer, Time, April 28, 2008, Retrieved July 6, 2008,
<http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1730759_1731383_1731363-
1,00.html>.

"We are now faced with a similarly momentous challenge: global warming. The steady
deterioration of the very climate of our very planet is becoming a war of the first order, and by
any measure, the U.S. is losing. Indeed, if we're fighting at all-and by most accounts, we're not-
we're fighting on the wrong side. The U.S. produces nearly a quarter of the world's greenhouse
gases each year and has stubbornly made it clear that it doesn't intend to do a whole lot about it.
Although 174 nations ratified the admittedly flawed Kyoto accords to reduce carbon levels, the
U.S. walked away from them. While even developing China has boosted its mileage standards to
35m.p.g., the U.S. remains the land of the Hummer. Oh, there are vague promises of
manufacturing fuel from switchgrass or powering cars with hydrogen-someday. But for a country
that rightly cites patriotism as one of its core values, we're taking a pass on what might be the
most patriotic struggle of all. It's hard to imagine a bigger fight than one for the survival of the
country's coasts and farms, the health of its people and the stability of its economy-and for those
of the world at large as well."