The word Christie should mean liar in the dictionary

[DainBramaged]

Running for governor in 2009, Chris Christie vowed to become “New Jersey’s No. 1 clean-energy advocate.” That was a hollow promise. As governor, Mr. Christie proceeded to cut all the money for the Office of Climate and Energy. He raided $158 million from the clean energy fund, meant for alternative energy investments, and spent it on general programs. He withdrew the state from an important lawsuit against electric utilities to reduce emissions.

On Thursday, he took the worst step of all: He abandoned the 10-state initiative in the Northeast that uses a cap-and-trade system to lower carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants. The program has been remarkably successful, a model of vision and fortitude. Lacking that, Mr. Christie has given in to the corporate and Tea Party interests that revile all forms of cap and trade, letting down the other nine states trying to fight climate change.

The system works by requiring utilities to either lower their emissions or buy allowances to pollute. Money from the allowances goes to states for clean-energy programs. Since it began in 2008, the system has created more than $700 million for these programs; New Jersey has spent some of its share on helping cities become more energy-efficient. Greenhouse emissions from power plants in the region went down about 12 percent from 2008 to 2010 for many reasons, including lower natural gas prices. Programs like the regional initiative are estimated to have produced more than 10 percent of that decline.


Mr. Christie has already demonstrated his disdain for the program’s goals by spending $65 million of the state’s $100 million share from the allowances to pay down New Jersey’s deficit. He claimed this week that the program was not working, a notion that was quickly refuted by five other governors. “Governor Christie is simply wrong when he claims that these efforts are a failure,” said Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland. He said they had an equivalent effect of taking 3,500 cars off the road in his state.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/opinion/31tue2.html?_r=2&scp=2&sq=christie&st=cse

[liberal N proud]

1. There is a long list of Republican liars behind that definition

Like ALL OF THEM!

[Atman]

2. Usage?

Such as "He promised his partner that there we be no Santorum if they engaged in anal sex, but clearly he was just pulling a Christie in order to get his way."

[rurallib]

6. Excellent example!

[no_hypocrisy]

3. The EPA should sue him and the state for misappropriation of funds.

(Spending $65 million of the state’s $100 million share from the allowances to pay down New Jersey’s deficit)

[LiberalEsto]

4. Incorrect. The word Republican should mean liar

in the dictionary and in the vernacular.

[FLAprogressive]

7. +1

[n2doc]

5. I was thinking something more along the lines of "Santorum"

except with Crisco as the lube in the 'frothy mix'.

[KamaAina]

15. Or 'Nixon' as used by Kinky Friedman

"Excuse me, I have to go take a Nixon."

[madokie]

8. Hell republicon should be

They're all a bunch of lying sobs and have been since back to the Ike days when he gave us nuclear energy. I go back to '48 so I don't know about them before President Roosevelt

[DainBramaged]

13. Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican.....

:shrug:

[madokie]

17. Teddy was before my time though

I'm a 1948 model

[madinmaryland]

9. I'm glad that we have Martin O'Malley as our governor. Nice to hear him

calling Christie out on his BS.

[LiberalEsto]

10. +1

Yes!
As a former resident of NJ, who has lived in Maryland 21 years, I heartily agree.

[badtoworse]

11. RGGI was a scam and a waste of the ratepayers money

It accomplished absolutely nothing. I say that as an energy professional.

[DainBramaged]

12. And as a human professional, the Republican Party is a scam and a waste of air

as are those who believe in nothing as a solution to fixing the climate problems we are facing.

[badtoworse]

14. Pennsylvania never joined the program...

and that is where the great majority of northeastern caol plants are located. By raising the price of power in other northeastern states by a few dollars a megawatt-hour, it made Pennsylvania's power more competitive and increased the ampount of electricity produced by its plants. I'm not aware of any generators that made changes to their plants because of RGGI - everyone just paid the cost and passed it onto consumers.

The program taxes CO2 which I am not convinced is a problem. Epic fail in my book.

[DainBramaged]

16. CO2 isn't a problem?

Oh boy........that's like saying mountaintop removal to get at coal is OK because no one lives up there......


:eyes:

[nyson13]

18. All republicans are liars!

!

[WI_DEM]

19. Agatha Christie was the Queen of deception--maybe Chris Christie is the King?