Juno Beach, FL - A climate change bill approved by a Senate subcommittee Thursday would reward the country’s biggest emitters of carbon dioxide and fails to provide a reliable mechanism to prevent possible massive economic damage, the head of one of the country’s largest electric power companies said today.

“I acknowledge and applaud the willingness of key senators to try and address the important issue of global climate change. Unfortunately, the bill they have proposed, if left unchanged, would reward the country’s biggest emitters of carbon dioxide with billions of dollars of free allowances that they don’t need. Moreover, the bill contains no clear ‘safety valve,’ to ensure that we don’t inadvertently damage the economy,” said Lewis Hay, III, Chairman and CEO of FPL Group Inc. (NYSE:FPL), which operates the country’s largest wind and solar power generating facilities. His comments came after a subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 4-3 to move the America’s Climate Security Act (S. 2191) to the full committee for hearings and a markup.

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Florida – Florida Health Insurance Web, in its continuing series, examines the 2008 presidential race and its impact on the State of Florida and how the election may effect Florida Health Insurance benefits and available rates. Morgan Moran in a phone interview said the “sadly the Republican candidates offer little to help Florida’s uninsured.” Insurance consultant Moran said, If you’re one of the tens of million Americans without coverage, or if you don’t like the coverage you have, “next November you will have a chance to pick the person who will deliver the best health care plan.” So far, “the Democrats seem to be winning the health insurance debate.

The State of Florida is home to millions of uninsured residents. According to health insurance experts, most Floridians cannot afford the health care plans currently offered in the state, or they simply hope for the best, and live without health insurance at all. “If you are one of those millions in Florida without medical coverage; you might want to take a close look at each the 2008 Candidates for President, and see where they stand on health care,” said Morgan Moran, a Florida health insurance consultant.

Tancredo favors association health plans which band small businesses together to access lower cost insurance.  

Last night Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton spoke about her health care plan which, according to Moran, “gives the choice of health insurance plans to pick from and, Clinton said her insurance coverage plans will be affordable.” Clinton also said, if you like the health insurance plan you currently have, you can keep it, or switch to a less expensive plan.

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