The Charleston Rotary Club is sponsoring a debate on cap and trade legislation and its effect on West Virginia's economy. Squaring off will be 2 well-recognized experts in the field, David Hawkins for the Natural Resources Defense Council and Pat Michaels of the Cato Institute. At the risk of misrepresenting the nuances of their positions, Hawkins is pro-legislation, and Michaels is opposed. It will be held December 7 at 6 pm at the University of Charleston's Geary Auditorium.
Cap and trade, for those of you not familiar with it, is a proposal before Congress to prevent global climate change by reducing the total amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted. Companies that have GHG emissions would be assigned stringent GHG permit limits, as well as a limited number of emission allowances. Companies would be required to meet their GHG permit limits by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, or by purchasing unused credits from other dischargers who have reduced emissions by more than they were required by their permits.
I hope the debaters will talk a little about climate change (pseudo)science as well, because the tide is turning against the semi-religious belief in the inevitability of global warming, but even if they're limited to cap and trade, each should be an able advocate for his position. You can see the flyer here.
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