Cap and Trade

Editor's Note: Former LPIN Executive Director Brad Klopfenstein is putting together a project to fight for a responsible energy policy, along with an easy way to write Evan Bayh opposing Obamacare. He can be reached via email at klop@att.net if you are interested in participating.

Hi Friends,

I'm working on a project with the Hoosier Energy Forum to compile a list of Hoosiers that are concerned about achieving energy security, and are opposed to new taxes on oil and natural gas.

My goal is to get 100 names, address, and email address. Right now, I'm just collecting the information, but at some point in the future, you may receive an email from the Hoosier Energy Forum, or myself, asking you to send an email to our U.S. Senators Bayh & Lugar. If you have any friends that may be interested, please forward this message on!

Also, I'm organizing a letter writing campaign to Senator Bayh opposing the Health Care Bill currently in Congress. I have several sample letters ready to go! I'll put your name on one, send it to you for approval, and then I will submit a letter on your behalf. Even if you've written one yourself, I will take care of delivering that to Evan Bayh as well! Please email me at klop@att.net.

If you would like more information on either of these, please let me know and I can send some more in-depth talking points.

Thanks for your help!

Brad Klopfenstein
klop@att.net

By Jamie Dupree, Congressional Correspondant for WSB Radio. Orginally posted at WSBradio.com.

The battle over Cap and Trade/climate change legislation officially moves to the Senate today, as a key committee there begins hearings on the bill approved by the House in late June. Again, if you want to download the House bill, to look at it yourself, then here is your link: http://is.gd/1omP8

The text of that over 14-hundred page bill will be a starting point for Senators, as they try to fashion a measure that can make it through the Senate, just one reason why I have been digging through it after it was approved in the House.
Some of you have been nice enough to plow through parts of the bill looking for various nuggets that might make you shake your head in disbelief. Josh Fahey found provisions on "Watersense," in the bill that had caught my eye as well, basically an effort at water conservation.

Dear Indiana Libertarians,

Please contact your Senators and urge them to vote against the upcoming cap and trade legislation! You may copy and paste the following templates into an email message, or print them out and send a signed hard copy to your senator's address as listed at the bottom. Alternatively, you can call them at their office number and express your concerns.

Forward this on to all your family and friends so we can make a difference!

Sincerely,
Anna Heiselman
Libertarian National Committee Office
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Senator Bayh

senator@bayh.senate.gov
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Dear Senator Bayh:

As one of your constituents, I am writing to strongly urge you not to support cap and trade legislation.

Cap and trade will:
· Cut many existing jobs, raising unemployment
· Cost the consumer (the average American family) for the higher expenses
· Cost the economy billions of dollars, making it worse off than before