Notable excerpt from the article:
"As CEI sees it, efforts to address the affects of pollution from
fossil fuels on our climate are really a “war on affordable energy.”
Bizarrely, the report uses a decline in global death rates due to
extreme weather since the 1920s to justify the continued burning of oil
and coal and its claim that carbon-based fuels “increase life
expectancy.” While fossil fuels have unquestionably kept many people
warm over the past century, alternative energy sources can also provide
plenty of heat — and have the additional appeal of reducing the
likelihood of extreme weather events.
Most disingenuously, CEI presents its efforts to do away with climate
protections as stemming from a concern for the poor, since “energy costs
already impose real burdens on low-income households.” In truth, the
poor are disproportionately affected by climate change. And, of course,
huge energy and chemical companies are the ones who stand to benefit
most from the assault on climate and other environmental protections
suggested in the report. Not coincidentally, many of these same powerful
interests, including Exxon, Dow, Texaco, the American Petroleum
Institute, and the Koch Brothers have funded CEI."
