{"id":728,"date":"2009-06-02T11:01:33","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T16:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/02\/first-shot-fizzles-in-the-economic-war-on-the-midwest\/"},"modified":"2009-06-02T11:01:33","modified_gmt":"2009-06-02T16:01:33","slug":"first-shot-fizzles-in-the-economic-war-on-the-midwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/02\/first-shot-fizzles-in-the-economic-war-on-the-midwest\/","title":{"rendered":"First Shot Fizzles in the &#8220;Economic War on the Midwest&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana Representative Mike Pence famously called the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 an example of the East and West Coasts &#8220;declaring economic war on the Midwest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So you&#8217;d think that now that the bill has passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Americans in the heartland would be up in arms. But&#8230;not so much.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, some of the largest and most respected media outlets in the Midwest and other traditional coal and oil states are accepting of the bill, even happy with it. Here are a few\u00a0 highlights from the last week:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Gov. Mitch Daniels and U.S. Reps. Mike Pence and Steve Buyer have some significant non-allies in their vehement opposition to the carbon reduction legislation now moving through Congress. Among them are most of the Midwest&#8217;s governors, who already have signed a regional cap-and-trade agreement; and Indiana&#8217;s largest electric utility, whose boss accepts the need for congressional action and insists it will benefit rather than punish this coal-dependent region &#8212;<strong> if the region&#8217;s leadership pulls up to the table<\/strong>.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indystar.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=2009905280376\"><strong><em>Indianapolis Star<\/em><\/strong> editorial<\/a>, May 28, 2009<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Each generation is asked to generate new ideas that will make our nation a world leader. <strong>Clean energy could be our next big discovery<\/strong>&#8230;Our nation can stick with the status quo and continue to fall prey to $4-a-gallon gas &#8211; the straw that broke the economy&#8217;s back &#8211; and environmental disasters such as the Kingston Fossil Fuel Plant spill, or change directions and move toward cleaner energy.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnj.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=2009905280302\"><strong><em>Daily News Journal<\/em> (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)<\/strong> editorial<\/a>, May 28, 2009<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Climate change imposes very real costs on all of us, on our children and on our grandchildren. <strong>We are subsidizing current energy prices at the expense of our progeny. <\/strong>The longer we defer payment, the higher those costs will be &#8230; It&#8217;s as if we are financing our lifestyle with an interest-only mortgage. There&#8217;s a big balloon payment looming in our future, but we&#8217;ve refused to set anything aside to pay it &#8230; the cap-and-trade bill represents an important advance because it has a realistic chance of being approved. If we do not start reducing our global warming liabilities now, we will be overwhelmed with the debt later.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/blogzone\/the-platform\/published-editorials\/2009\/05\/false-choice-inaction-on-global-warming-is-no-option\/\"><strong><em>St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/em><\/strong> editorial<\/a>, May 28, 2009<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The American Clean Energy and Security Act unveiled this week is not perfect, but<strong> it&#8217;s a smart step toward reducing carbon emissions without destroying American industry and jobs<\/strong> &#8230; The Waxman-Markey bill is a plan the Congress should accept.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tricities.com\/tri\/news\/opinion\/editorials\/article\/energy_compromise_a_great_step_forward\/24487\/\"><strong><em>Bristol (Tenn.) <\/em><em>Herald-Courier<\/em><\/strong> editorial<\/a>, May 22, 2009<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the do-nothing crowd stews on the sidelines, those committed to doing something about climate change are fully engaged &#8230; it&#8217;s not just tree-hugging environmentalists. It&#8217;s not just Democrats. It&#8217;s not just climatologists. It&#8217;s leaders of many stripes answering the call on the biggest issue facing our planet &#8230; <strong>Texas being the nation&#8217;s petrochemical capital, it can&#8217;t sit on the sidelines <\/strong>when guidelines are written.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wacotrib.com\/opin\/content\/news\/opinion\/stories\/2009\/05\/22\/05222009waceditorial1.html\"><strong><em>Waco Tribune-Herald <\/em><\/strong>editorial<\/a>, May 22, 2009<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If done properly, cap and trade would be a responsible compromise as the federal government attacks the problem of global warming. <strong>Obama and the Democratic leadership must stand firm during debate<\/strong> on the cap and trade policy. The final bill ought to contain strict, fair rules on who should pay to reduce greenhouse gases and how much it could cost.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/340\/story\/1208594.html\"><em><strong>Kansas City Star<\/strong> <\/em>editorial<\/a>, May 20, 2009<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana Representative Mike Pence famously called the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 an example of the East and West Coasts &#8220;declaring economic war on the Midwest.&#8221; So you&#8217;d think that now that the bill has passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Americans in the heartland would be up in arms. 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