"President Obama has made it a clear commitment to revolutionize the way that we use energy, including mandatory cap and trade legislation, long-term submissions reductions goals and a commitment to renewable energy technologies,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

The New York Times says the legislation falls far-short of many European governments and many environmentalists said it needed it What does Thomas Sowell has to say about the cap and trade legislation?

纽约时报评论说这项立法,远远比不上许多欧洲政府，“,许多环保人士说需要的额度,托马斯，索尔对此,总量控制与交易立法以为何如？

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you tell me you believe American people should understand about each, We talked about stimulus, and you argues that it is not simulative at all, the cap and trade global warming bill passed the house in late June and now move to the Senate.

您说过,您认为美国人,应该彼此理解，我们讨论了刺激计划，您说刺激没有效果，全球变暖总量控制与交易法案,今年六月刚在众议院通过,现正在参议院审议中。

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"So,you pile up all this Democrat spending, all their borrowing,all their debt, you add it to their government takeover of health care, their 'cap and trade' national energy tax and their continued bailouts.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06

"The scheme to radically change the sources and the cost of American energy, through a system known as 'cap and trade' may be well intentioned, but it will cost us dearly in jobs and income, and it stands no chance of achieving its objective of a cooler earth,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

The addition of Franken will provide the Democrats with 60 votes in the U.S.Senate, giving President Barack Obama and party leaders a better chance of passing controversial legislation such as health care reform and a cap-and-trade bill aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming.

VOA: standard.2009.06.30