The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is taking its nationwide Hot Air Tour to former Vice President Al Gore in Portland on Wednesday, November 18, to expose the extreme economic costs of cap-and trade-legislation to the American taxpayer.

“This cap-and-trade scheme is nothing more than a tax on energy—plain and simple,” said AFP President Tim Phillips. “Al Gore’s climate ‘solutions’ seek to further regulate our lives and burden the American taxpayer. Oregonians deserve to know the truth behind these proposals that may work their way into legislation.”

AFP’s Hot Air Tour has the goal of building grassroots pressure against costly state, local, and federal climate change policies. AFP has pledged to mobilize citizens in order to fight off any attempts to pass a cap-and-trade regulatory scheme.

In the summer of 2008, AFP flew its 70-foot-tall hot air balloon over Al Gore’s house outside of Nashville, Tennessee to expose the hysteria behind global warming alarmism. On Wednesday, November 18, AFP will take on Al Gore once again at Keller Fountain Park—this time to expose the economic dangers of cap-and-trade legislation.

Attendees will have the chance to listen to Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips and sign a petition urging their members of Congress to vote “no” on cap-and-trade.

The event is free and open to the public.

What: Portland Hot Air Tour Event
Who: Americans for Prosperity
Tim Phillips, President of AFP
When: Wednesday, November 18, 5:30pm
Where: Keller Fountain Park
SW 3rd Ave. and SW Clay St.
Portland, OR 97201

For more information about the Hot Air Tour, including a full schedule of events, please visit http://www.hotairtour.org

Media Contact: Mary Ellen Burke (202) 309-1129