which makes more sense?

Energy, Environment, Climate

See also the "Money" entry for important info/links on the Koch brothers and their takeover of Energy Committee.

Big Oil, and other Big Polluters

• Ending oil subsidies could save $40billion... Exxon had 52% increase in profit last quarter (2/2011, bloomberg) (Markey bill)
• Barton: Govt Subsidies Necessary To Keep Exxon From Going Out Of Business | TPMDC 3/10/2011
• Windfall tax lets Alaska rake in billions from Big Oil, Seattle Times, 2008
• Koch's petro-chemical division

Attack the EPA

• House Panel Votes to Strip E.P.A. of Power to Regulate Greenhouse Gases - NYT 3/10/2011
• Small Biz group sign letter supporting EPA standards (2/10/2011, Small Business Majority)
• GOP: proposes $1.6B cut to EPA, defends $4B in Oil Subsidies (2/10/2011) (propublica)
• Utility Execs take issue w/ WSJ ed slamming EPA: "We're OK w/ EPA" (2/2011)
• Why American people of faith support the EPA « Many faith communities have found a calling over the past few decades to become better stewards of God’s creation in both their houses of worship and broader communities. 

Regulations aren't Red Tape. See this post

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Because They Can

• Boehner's GOP House brings back Styrofoam, ends composting (Feb 2011)

Propaganda/Public Opinions/Polls/Views on Climate Change
Yes, Virginia, there is a vast right wing conspiracy, and they want you to think that fossil fuels do not contribute to pollution or global climate change.

• Koch-funded climate change skeptic reverses course - latimes.com (7/29/2012) http://goo.gl/3Kzjn
• The Kochs' Climate Change Denial Media Machine | Center for Media and Democracy, 2/2011 (also look for Rachel Maddow's piece, "Oil and Coal Climate Denial Machine"... used to have a clip here, but it was apparently removed from YouTube due to copyright violations)
• Boston Globe, April 2011:  A majority of Massachusetts residents say global warming is happening and is caused by human activity, but many remain relatively apathetic on addressing the issue (survey)