The Left's Cynicism Overshadows Its Environmentalism
By Todd Myers
June 13, 2018 6:30 AM
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A recent letter sent to President Trump says a great deal about how cynical energy and environmental policy has become in the United States. An excerpt: "The impact of rising fuel prices on our economy and on family budgets is significant and widespread."
Those words of concern about the price of gas are from a letter co-signed by Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer. Ironically, Senator Schumer (D., N.Y.) has long supported increasing the price of gas as part of a policy to reduce CO2 emissions to fight climate change.
So too have the three others who signed the letter. Senator Maria Cantwell (D., Wash.) proposed a "cap-and-dividend" bill that would have increased gas taxes by up to 21 cents per gallon. The letter was also signed by Senator Ed Markey (D., Mass.), whose name adorns the most aggressive climate legislation of the last decade, a bill that would have increased gas prices by up to 63 cents per gallon, according to the Energy Information Administration.
The senators' letter laments the rise in oil prices as summer approaches, calling on the president to jawbone Saudi Arabia to cut prices and "put pressure on oil exporting nations."
Ironically, the United States may soon become the world's leading oil-exporting nation.
Demanding that the president cut gas prices so families can use more fossil fuels demonstrates how cynically the Left uses environmental policy. The explicit goal of carbon taxes and cap-and-trade systems is to increase the price of gasoline, home heating, and electricity...
....Senate Democrats complaining about high gas prices even as they push gas prices higher is just the latest manifestation of the Left's disingenuous environmentalism. ....
....The goal of attacking President Trump is far more important than any environmental goal.....
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