Wheat Growers Now Oppose Cap-and-Trade Bill

I grew up in Enid, Okla., a community once known as the Wheat Capital of the World, so I appreciate Sen. James Inhofe’s excitement upon learning that the board of the National Wheat Growers Association had shifted its position and now opposes “Cap and Trade” (i.e., the Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill).

“I’m pleased that the organization representing the interests of wheat growers nationwide has reached the right conclusion,” said Senator Inhofe, a Republican and the ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. “Cap-and-trade legislation and potential EPA greenhouse gas regulation pose serious harm to farmers and rural America.

“In times of great hardship in rural communities across America, both of these approaches to addressing climate change will only bring further job cuts and economic decline. This new resolution marks an important step in the effort to defeat a cap-and-trade energy tax and EPA’s misguided regulations.”

Senator Inhofe applauded the NGWA board for its near-unanimous (26-2) vote Sept. 4 that approved a new resolution on climate legislation and regulation. That resolution puts the group on record as “opposed to greenhouse gas legislation or regulation that has a negative impact on production agriculture.”

The new resolution marks a stunning shift from the group’s recent endorsement of the Waxman-Markey legislation passed by the House of Representatives in June. As the Oklahoma Farm Report noted today, the Wheat Growers Association firmly stated that, “neither greenhouse gas regulation nor legislation should take effect until the major carbon emitting countries of the world have agreed to regulation their own greenhouse gases in a like manner to ours.” And it will “oppose EPA regulation and will work to overturn the Supreme Court ruling.”

The board also voted 24 to 0 to “remove existing resolutions relating to greenhouse gas regulation and an agriculture cap-and-trade program.”

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API Chief: Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill Will Drive Up the Cost of Gasoline, Diesel, Other Fuels

The Waxman-Markey climate change legislation will drive up the cost of gasoline and other petroleum fuels for consumers and businesses and should be set aside, American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard said in a letter to Congress Tuesday. API opposes the legislation, as it appears time has run out to fix the proposal’s many flaws.

One of the best lines in the letter was this one: “This places a disproportionate burden on all consumers of gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, jet fuel, propane and other petroleum products,” Gerard said. “If you drive, fly, take the bus or the train, your costs are going up.”

So, if you drive, fly, take the bus or train, you should probably read and share this post.

BMW Covers Cap and Trade, Imaginary Laurels, Secret Weapons, Self-Defense and Nuclear Options

As a bonus today, I offer coverage of five topics I'm certain are near and dear to your hearts. The links to five posts published today at Bob McCarty Writes:

• If Passed, Cap-and-Trade Bill Will Cost You Dearly -- The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill will hit consumers of petroleum fuels especially hard by dramatically increasing the costs of goods and services, according to two groups closely following the legislation.

• You Can’t Rest on Imaginary Laurels! -- President Barack Obama was only half-right when he shared those words with an audience at a Democratic National Committee fundraising event in California. Why? Because the laurels exist only in Obama’s mind!

• Should Japan Replace ‘Secret Weapon’ with Nukes? -- Should Japan replace the “secret weapon” that has protected the East Asian nation for more than 60 years with nuclear weapons? That’s the question many people are asking in the wake of North Korea detonating a nuclear weapon and firing missiles earlier this week.

• Self-Defense Claim on Trial in Oklahoma City -- Jerome Ersland, a 57-year-old Oklahoma City pharmacist, is in court today, facing first-degree murder charges for his role in the May 19 shooting death of 16-year-old Antwun Parker.

• One Nuclear Option Best for Iran, North Korea -- A David Donar cartoon captures perfectly the best nuclear weapons options available to Iran and North Korea as both seek to become nuclear powers.

Enjoy!