Dr. Roy Cordato, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and resident scholar, discusses his concerns about the cap-and-trade plan the U.S. House of Representatives approved for carbon dioxide emissions. Cordato offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 322).
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