AFP state director Steve Lonegan squared off against the Sierra Club's Jeff Tittel last night in a debate over the RGGI Cap & Trade scheme and a host of other energy-relates issues ranging from fracking to solar panels.
The debate can be seen in its entirety on UStream (CLICK HERE).
Below are some pictures from last night's event.
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Rumble Over RGGI Debate AFP Takes on The Sierra Club This Wednesday, July 27 at 7PM in Teaneck!!!
AFP State Director Steve Lonegan vs. Sierra Club Director Jeff Tittel
In a first of its kind event, AFP state director Steve Lonegan will be facing off with the Sierra Clubs Jeff Tittel in a mano-y-mano debate over the RGGI Cap & Trade scheme!
Steve will be entering the lions den to stand up to the left so lets give him the support he needs! This is our chance to stand up to the pro-RGGI forces who want to keep this job-destroying Cap & Trade energy tax in place!
Join us this Wednesday evening in Teaneck!
WHAT: Rumble Over RGGI Debate hosted by Bergen Grassroots
WHEN: Wednesday, July 27 at 7-9PM
WHERE: Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, 687 Larch Avenue, Teaneck, NJ 07666
According to a New Jersey Superior Court Judge, New Jersey citizens have no right to know who is buying carbon permits sold at the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative's top secret auctions.
The judge dismissed a case brought forward by online investigative journalist Mark Lagerkvist of New Jersey Watchdog under the state's open public records act (OPRA).
Remarkably, the ruling asserts that the purchase of these public assets amount to "trade secrets" and the confidentiality of the registered budders who have purchased RGGI's carbon allowances outweighs the public's right to know!
This is nothing less than a blow to open and transparent government. The RGGI Cap & Trade scheme will continue to operate in a clandestine manner unless the ruling is overturned - leaving the ratepayers who absorb the cost of this scheme in the dark.
A decision about appealing this ruling has not yet been made.
Here is an excerpt from New Jersey Watchdog's response to this court ruling:
Tim Phillips & Phil Kerpen
June 30, 2011 4:00 A.M.
We enthusiastically support the Cut, Cap, and Balance framework for debt-ceiling negotiations and are committed to opposing any deal that fails to follow it: substantially cutting spending immediately, capping it going forward, and adopting a balanced-budget amendment with strict tax and spending limitations. But for the cuts to go beyond a blip on the otherwise relentlessly upward march of government spending (or worse, amount to accounting gimmicks), they must be based on specific, structural, permanent reforms to grow the economy while lowering the trajectory of federal spending. Moreover, without those reforms, caps will prove unenforceable when they get overwhelmed by entitlement promises, or when the political pendulum swings back toward tax-and-spenders.
Read the rest on National Review Online.
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