Will Sen. Martinez sell constituents out on Cap and Trade?

Former speaker of the Florida House Marco Rubio is challenging Gov. Charlie Crist for position of GOP contender for retiring Sen. Mel Martinez's seat. Rubio's public remarks suggest he is a strong fiscal conservative, something sorely needed in the US Senate at present.A Floridian forwarded an email response from Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) about the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454). Passed by the House, the act is popularly and more appropriately called the Cap and Tax bill. It’s basically a revenue bill and if you take the time to read the 1,200+ pages almost no one who voted for it read (even the energy czar), it will do nothing for the environment. Any Republican who votes for this bill abandons fiscal conservative principles and more importantly, personal liberty.

I’m not going to reprint Martinez’s whole email. But the content of his response suggests he’s bought into Gorian theory and he is possibly supportive of legislation to curb greenhouse gases despite the hundreds of scientists and experts in related disciplines who disagree with Gore about human impact on carbon emissions.

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Inhofe says EPA didn’t want truth about science in global warming dispute

Updated on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 1:28PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) wants an investigation of a report allegedly stymied by the EPA. EPA analyst Alan Carlin submitted data contradicting the agency’s intent to classify carbon dioxide as a pollutant. Carlin is an economist rather than a scientist, but global warming alarmists have also used data from a wide range of experts to make the case for the expensive energy tax bill, also called the American Clean Energy and Security Act or Cap and Trade, passed by the US House.

Fox News said Carlin emailed his agency, declaring his comments “valid, significant” and critical to EPA’s findings. [Story continues below video]

Carlin’s supervisor responded by email, saying, “The administrator and the administration has [sic] decided to move forward on endangerment, and your comments do not help the legal or policy case for this decision…”

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