HomeMiddle ColumnRep. Barton: 'We know the cost is significant...environmental benefit is basically nonexistent' Middle Column Rep. Barton: ‘We know the cost is significant…environmental benefit is basically nonexistent’ By Marc Morano - May 18, 2009 301 0 Share Facebook Twitter WhatsApp VK Digg . Tagscapandtradeeconomicsglobal warming Facebook Twitter WhatsApp VK Digg Previous articleAnalysis: Public Support for Cap-and-Trade Bill CollapsesNext articleItalian physicist: ‘Sun could account for as much as 69% of the increase in Earth’s average temp’ Marc Morano - Advertisment - Search Related Articles Claim: “I led the US lawsuit against big tobacco … Big oil is next” Climate411 Lawyer Sharon Y. Eubanks thinks the great legal weakness of Big Oil is their attempts to greenwash. She could have a point. Read more Claim: Discovery Reveals Large, Year-Round Ozone Hole Over Tropics Climate411 An ozone hole, seven times larger than the Antarctic ozone hole, is currently sitting over tropical regions and has been since the 1980s, according... Read more Putting Coal Into the African Perspective Climate411 In fact you can honestly say that by building coal powered stations in southern Africa, you can reduce CO2 emissions! Read more