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Congress should not pass a 'cap and trade' bill. Disaster politically for Democrats right now. Focus on getting health care reform passed to start reducing the deficit long term and then work on job creation and financial regulatory reform, not cap and trade.

Expanded ethanol production will have a negative effect on the economy.

Polar bears should be listed under the Endangered Species Act.

The benefits of recycling outweigh the costs. Apparently, when Mayor Bloomberg cut plastic and glass recycling in 2002 thinking it would save the city money, costs for the Department of Sanitation went up $1.4 million. They resumed those recycling efforts in 2004. In New York State alone, recycling programs employ 43,614 people and generate over $9 billion in annual revenues.

States should not be allowed to adopt tougher fuel efficiency regulations than the federal standard.

Congress should raise the gas tax. See http://whereistand.com/WaPo/68008

Plastic grocery bags should be banned.

The U.S. can meet all of its energy demands within 10 years through carbon-free sources. Anyone who says the U.S. can't is sadly pessimistic and narrow minded. We put a man on the moon in the 60's.That's ridiculous! It's because we had a leader and a visionary in office. Unfortunately, we didn't elect the visionary in 2000, we elected an oil

Congress should not lift the ban on offshore oil drilling. No one is predicting it would make even a modest difference in prices, not to mention these benefits would be years and years from now. What it will do though is secure more land ownership for oil companies, more profits for oil companies, and more depend

The EPA does not effectively protect the environment. Well, it depends on who the administration is. Right now the EPA is as useless and harmful as the Bush Administration, who refuses to let them to do their job. Apparently, conservatives have lost the meaning of conservationist when it comes to the environ

The U.S. should not allow drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (ANWR). Why would we? It won't make us less dependent on foreign oil and it won't reduce gas prices. Even a smart conservative would tell us that. Save the bears!

The U.S. government should increase the national gas mileage standard. Some carmakers are coming around to doing the right thing on their own. But I think the industry needs a little bit more of a nudge so we can become less dependent on foreign oil in the pursuit of maybe giving the human race a little more time on this pla

Expanded ethanol production will have a negative overall impact on the environment. If there was no Iowa caucus would politicians be jumping at the bit to expand ethanol production?

The carbon tax system would be more effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Current air pollution laws should be changed and more restrictions should be added.

Governments should create mandatory recycling programs.

Al Gore should win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Climate change will have a positive effect on the economy.

The U.S. should not permit commercial logging in national forests.

Global warming cannot be stopped.

The government should regulate greenhouse-gas emissions.

The U.S. should not expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Available resources are not being used wisely under the circumstances.

I doubt that the deployment of National Guard members overseas has affected the ability of the government to respond to Katrina.

The U.S. government should provide incentives for manufacturers to build fuel-efficient cars.

Socioeconomic factors are improperly influencing the response to Hurricane Katrina.

The U.S. should have signed the Kyoto Treaty.

The government was not well-prepared to respond to Katrina.

We can expect a loss of political points from the administration's planning and response.

Prior to Katrina, local and federal authorities knew the breaching of the levees was possible.

Racism was not a factor whatsoever in the government's response to Katrina.

Global warming is a problem primarily caused by humans; higher average temperatures are partly or entirely the result of human actions.

Global warming is a problem that humans must take actions to address.

UNKNOWN: Is there a link between global warming and the rising intensity of natural disasters?

The benefits of recycling outweigh the costs. Apparently, when Mayor Bloomberg cut plastic and glass recycling in 2002 thinking it would save the city money, costs for the Department of Sanitation went up $1.4 million. They resumed those recycling efforts in 2004. In New York State alone, recycling programs employ 43,614 people and generate over $9 billion in annual revenues.

UNKNOWN: Is reducing meat consumption an effective way to combat global warming?

UNKNOWN: Should the federal government release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?

UNKNOWN: Should landfills be privatized?

UNKNOWN: Should government regulate mercury levels in the environment?

UNKNOWN: What effect do air pollution laws have on the economy?