In this installment of McCuistion Television, Dennis McCuistion is joined by two experts that hold conflicting views regarding climate change politics.  Sterling Burnett, Ph.d. is an economist and Senior Fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis.  James D. Marston is the Director of State Climate Initiatives for the Environmental Defense Fund for the state of Texas.

Burnett holds the opinion that politicians are offering Americans a misguided climate change policy.  He discusses the emissions reductions that are being proposed and contends that global warming has always been political.

Timothy Wirk was the lead climate negotiator in Kyoto and stands by the statement that even if the global warming issue ended up being a non-issue, then it would still be the right thing to move forward with it as that would ensure that the government is being responsible. He continues to explain his view on the reasonable response to climate change.

Marston affirms that there isn’t any scientific doubt regarding global warming and states that the politics are coming together. He further speaks about the best way to go about solving global warming with low cost and minimal affects on American jobs.

The panelists spend the bulk of the segment offering often opposing views on the Kyoto Treaty, green house gas reductions and the economy as it relates to the aforementioned. Using graphics and expert opinion this segment wrestles with the politics behind climate change and whether the Kyoto Treaty is as effective as it could be.

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12.30.07 – 1702

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