Fwd: Energy & Environment Update: Global Warming Treaty Still Off Track

Energy & Environment Update Advancing freedom and prosperity by unleashing free enterprise, protecting America's energy interests, and advancing free global energy markets. Recent Updates The Eco-Left's Love of Eco Taxes Don't Let the Nuclear Industry Get Hooked on Subsidies Earth Day 2010: On Lenin and Liberty Climategate Investigation Only Fuels Controversy The Cost of Al Gore's Renewable Energy Plan May Your Earth Day Glow Brightly Featured Research UN Global Warming Treaty Still Off Track By Ben Lieberman The United Nations' first significant global warming meeting since last December's Copenhagen summit just wrapped up in Bonn, with no progress toward a new international treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol. This meeting was supposed to help lay the groundwork for an agreement at the next major conference scheduled for Cancun, Mexico, in December. However, none of the issues that doomed negotiations in Copenhagen have been resolved, and it looks very unlikely that the process will be fixed this year. But what is bad news for the U.N. climate treaty negotiators is good news for the rest of the world, as a new treaty would be an economically ruinous solution to what is increasingly looking like a non-problem. >> Click here to read Ben Lieberman's full report  Global Warming on the Hill An Update from Heritage's Senate Relations Deputy Dan Holler Over the weekend, Senator Graham (R-SC) abruptly pulled out of negotiations on global warming legislation with Senators Kerry (D-MA) and Lieberman (I-CT).  The reason?  President Obama, Speaker Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) said immigration reform is more of a priority.  Abandoning a bill that will hurt the economy and raise gas prices seems like good policy and good politics, but it is unwise to consider any poorly conceived Washington policy idea as permanently deceased.  For information on cap and trade, visit Heritage's Rapid Response page, which features research, commentary, blog posts, charts and additional policy resources. Shine Light on Energy Taxes Tap into your network on Facebook and invite your friends and family to join The Heritage Foundation as we educate more Americans about the dangers of a cap-and-trade system that will tax most forms of energy. Get started today at NoEnergyTax.com. About The Heritage Foundation Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute -- a think tank -- whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense. The Heritage Foundation | 214 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002 |  202.546.4400  202.546.4400