The issue being addressed is to amend the Clean Air Act to
provide that greenhouse gases are not subject to the act. This is also saying that the greenhouse
gases don’t affect global warming
Bill Number and Name: H.R. 97—Free Industry Act (Introduced
is House-IH)
This bill would affect society as a whole. We would be the
ones to lose if this bill gets passed and we would lose the privilege of having
clean air. The people who don’t believe that global warming is happening would
be the ones who gain from this. It would give them more evidence to help their
theories.
The consequences of this issue are the same for individuals,
their families, and for society. People may stop caring, worrying, and trying
to prevent global warming affecting everything and everyone.
There is one group that supports this bill so far and that
is American for Prosperity. Some of the groups who oppose this bill are OMB
Watch, Sierra Club, Natural Resource Defense Council, Clean Air Council, Health
Care without Harm, etc. The common that both support groups and opposing groups
share is they are passionate about global warming. Both groups can contribute
to advocacy efforts by just helping make aware of the issue, not to tell their
sides.
This bill hasn’t been in the community long, it was first
introduced in January of 2011. The last action was February 1st,
2011, House Committee on Energy and Commerce: referred to the subcommittee on
energy and power. There are no results yet.
An economic cost would be that global warming would get
worse faster because no one would be trying to prevent it and society would
bear these costs. An economic benefit would be that there wouldn’t be so much
money spent on plug-in cars, solar systems, etc. Society would also benefit
from this.
A barrier addressing this issue is that there is strong
evidence saying that these gasses are causing global warming. This barrier,
however, can be overcome by finding evidence that is against global warming.
Some resources that will be needed is the level of these
gases that are in the atmosphere.
My recommendation: Vote No for Bill H.R. 97- Free Industry
Act
This is a complicated one because so much controversy is involved. It is hard to know exactly how much greenhouse gases are changing/impacting the tempature of our climate. I think that this Act should not be passed until it takes into account that some greenhouse gases should be controlled, such as the large amounts being produced by manufacturers. It is never a good idea to leave out such a highly common gas when passing an Act such as Clean Air.
ReplyDeleteI am very interested to see what will happen to this bill in the future. The government is so controlled by big businesses that, sadly, I wouldn't be surprised if this bill gets passed. I want there to be more research done to show how real global warming is and that the greenhouse gases play a large role in that.
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