WSJ ECO:Nomics Event Attracts Special Guests: Americans for Prosperity Sends Conference Attendees Special Message

WASHINGTON, March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Wall Street Journal hosted an executive conference for policy experts, CEOs and journalists at the Bacara Resort in Santa Barbara, CA. The Journal describes the conference's mission as a forum where participants will discuss the business impact of global carbon regulation an how they can adapt to various potential regulatory outcomes. Featured CEOs include Peter Vosner of Royal Dutch Shell and Tom Albanese of Rio Tinto, who are also members of US Climate Action Partnership as well as others who stood to gain financially through carbon regulation, such as Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures, John Doerr of Perkins Caulfield and Byers and Cree Edwards of eMeter.

Not listed on the agenda for the outdoor luncheon session was a chartered aerial prop plane trailing a banner that read: HEY ECO NITWITS: CAP & TRADE IS DEAD.

The plane was chartered by Americans for Prosperity (AFP) to circle the ECO:Nomics group for two hours.

Phil Kerpen, AFP VP for Policy, said, "We wanted to send a message to the rent-seeking corporate community that their corrupt cap-and-trade scheme has been resoundingly rejected by the American people and, for now at least, Congress. Enriching themselves at the expense of our economy is an abysmal idea which, fortunately, looks dead for this legislative session."

Americans for Prosperity® (AFP) is a nationwide organization of citizen leaders committed to advancing every individual's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFP educates and engages citizens in support of restraining state and federal government growth, and returning government to its constitutional limits. AFP has more than 975,000 members, including members in all 50 states, and 30 state chapters or affiliates. More than 60,000 Americans in all 50 states have made a financial investment in AFP or AFP Foundation. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org.

SOURCE Americans for Prosperity