Episode 182 • • 1:41:42 - 1:44:10
182: Magnets In Space
Cap and Trade Rebranding, Pollution Reduction Targets, Joe Lieberman
Senator Joe Lieberman announced that the term "cap and trade" will no longer be used in drafting bipartisan environmental legislation. Instead, the policy has been rebranded as "pollution reduction targets." The hosts argue this is a semantic trick to pass unpopular carbon tax policies by giving them a more palatable name for the public.