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AFP tours with information on what global warming laws will mean regarding job losses
Gail Cole
Issue date: 11/6/08 Section: News
Americans for Prosperity is not a well-known name on campus or maybe even in Oregon, but organizers are working on changing this with local events.
Recently, AFP Oregon traveled around the state on a "Stop the Panic" tour that visited 32 cities over 12 days, including Corvallis on Oct. 29.
"The idea [behind the tour] was to travel around and provide Oregonians with information regarding the federal and state efforts to combat global warming and what those efforts [are] going to cost Oregonians in terms of lost jobs and lost freedoms," said Matt Evans, communications director for AFP Oregon.
"There are several proposals both in Oregon and other states and around the world that would take away different freedoms," Evans continued, citing the ideas proposed in the nationwide governor's global warming commission as well as a California law that regulates the temperatures of homes with newly installed thermostats.
"Having the government decide what the temperature is going to be [in residences] is a clear loss of freedom," he said.
The tour also focused on national global warming laws that could affect economic liberties, according to the event's press release, such as the proposed Lieberman-Warner Act and regulation ideas proposed by Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski.
If passed, the Lieberman-Warner Act enforces greenhouse gas caps on businesses in specific industries as administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to the Library of Congress.
In Oregon, Kulongoski has made it a priority to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 10 percent lower than the 1990 levels, according to the official biography from the Oregon government's website.
"We want to ask people to just step back for a moment to look at the science and economic impact of these laws," Evans said.
Though the message of the tour was clear, the attendants of the events had varying ideas about the causes of global warming, but overall were "people that were curious about these issues," Evans said.
Recently, AFP Oregon traveled around the state on a "Stop the Panic" tour that visited 32 cities over 12 days, including Corvallis on Oct. 29.
"The idea [behind the tour] was to travel around and provide Oregonians with information regarding the federal and state efforts to combat global warming and what those efforts [are] going to cost Oregonians in terms of lost jobs and lost freedoms," said Matt Evans, communications director for AFP Oregon.
"There are several proposals both in Oregon and other states and around the world that would take away different freedoms," Evans continued, citing the ideas proposed in the nationwide governor's global warming commission as well as a California law that regulates the temperatures of homes with newly installed thermostats.
"Having the government decide what the temperature is going to be [in residences] is a clear loss of freedom," he said.
The tour also focused on national global warming laws that could affect economic liberties, according to the event's press release, such as the proposed Lieberman-Warner Act and regulation ideas proposed by Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski.
If passed, the Lieberman-Warner Act enforces greenhouse gas caps on businesses in specific industries as administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to the Library of Congress.
In Oregon, Kulongoski has made it a priority to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 10 percent lower than the 1990 levels, according to the official biography from the Oregon government's website.
"We want to ask people to just step back for a moment to look at the science and economic impact of these laws," Evans said.
Though the message of the tour was clear, the attendants of the events had varying ideas about the causes of global warming, but overall were "people that were curious about these issues," Evans said.
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