“Democrats are not going to sweep this issue under the rug. If the administration tries to censor scientists or sweep science under the rug, they’re not going to get away with it.“ So declared Rep. Henry Waxman three years ago, in the wake of allegations by NASA climatologist James Hansen and others that the Bush administration was muzzling their alarms about climate change. At the time, everyone agreed with Waxman that it was very, very wrong for the Bush administration not to let dissenters say anything they wanted.

PEPPER PIKE, Ohio Perhaps the most destructive legislation in our country’s history will soon be voted on in the United States House of Representatives: the Waxman-Markey tax bill (named the American Clean Energy and Security Act, H.R.2454), in the guise of addressing climate change. It will have adverse and lingering consequences for every American. It will raise the cost of the electricity in our homes, the fuel for our cars, and the energy that produces our manufacturing jobs, with little or no environmental benefit.