Obama’s plan is overdue but welcome all the same (click here)
3 August 2015
President Obama on Monday set out a plan to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions. His proposals are neither new nor radical, but deserve to be strongly supported, both in America and across the globe. Explicitly, the statement was a challenge to state governors, to Republican senators and congressmen, to fossil-fuel barons, to entrepreneurs who want to invest in renewable sources of energy, and to citizens who want to hang on to their homes and their jobs.
Implicitly, it was assurance to the rest of the world that there could be real agreement at the next United Nations climate conference in Paris in December. And if there is real agreement, based on binding promises and targets that can be measured, then it might after all be possible to contain global warming to a maximum of 2C and to limit catastrophic climate change. To cut greenhouse gas emissions by 32% from levels surpassed 10 years ago and to do it all by 2030 sounds pretty radical: hundreds of coal-fired power stations could close, mines could shut down. There will be legal and administrative challenges, from at least a dozen states, maybe two dozen. Americans who do not believe that climate change is a real hazard, and those who accept the science but not the solutions, are hardly likely to change their minds because of yet another fiat from the White House....
August 3, 2015
By Jeb Bush
On August 3, 2015
President Obama (click here) and EPA announced the Clean Power Plan – a historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change. Shaped by years of unprecedented outreach and public engagement, the final Clean Power Plan is fair, flexible and designed to strengthen the fast-growing trend toward cleaner and lower-polluting American energy. With strong but achievable standards for power plants, and customized goals for states to cut the carbon pollution that is driving climate change, the Clean Power Plan provides national consistency, accountability and a level playing field while reflecting each state’s energy mix. It also shows the world that the United States is committed to leading global efforts to address climate change....
3 August 2015
President Obama on Monday set out a plan to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions. His proposals are neither new nor radical, but deserve to be strongly supported, both in America and across the globe. Explicitly, the statement was a challenge to state governors, to Republican senators and congressmen, to fossil-fuel barons, to entrepreneurs who want to invest in renewable sources of energy, and to citizens who want to hang on to their homes and their jobs.
Implicitly, it was assurance to the rest of the world that there could be real agreement at the next United Nations climate conference in Paris in December. And if there is real agreement, based on binding promises and targets that can be measured, then it might after all be possible to contain global warming to a maximum of 2C and to limit catastrophic climate change. To cut greenhouse gas emissions by 32% from levels surpassed 10 years ago and to do it all by 2030 sounds pretty radical: hundreds of coal-fired power stations could close, mines could shut down. There will be legal and administrative challenges, from at least a dozen states, maybe two dozen. Americans who do not believe that climate change is a real hazard, and those who accept the science but not the solutions, are hardly likely to change their minds because of yet another fiat from the White House....
By Jeb Bush
“President Obama’s Carbon Rule (click here) is
irresponsible and overreaching. The rule runs over state governments,
will throw countless people out of work, and increases everyone’s energy
prices.
“The fact is, U.S. emissions of
greenhouse gasses are down to the same levels emitted in the mid-1990s,
even though we have 50 million more people. A chief reason for this
success is the energy revolution which was created by American ingenuity
– not federal regulations.
“Climate change will not be solved by
grabbing power from states or slowly hollowing out our economy. The real
challenge is how do we grow and prosper in order to foster more
game-changing innovations and give us the resources we need to solve
problems like this one.”...
Blatant out right lies. Jeb Bush lies about the danger to the lives of Americans. It is easy for him to lie. He has a brother named George that set the example.
50 million people haven't been responsible for the climate crisis and the increase in carbon dioxide. What is Jeb Bush's plan, "Hold Your Breath."
No, wait, maybe the Jeb Bush answer is "Don't have any more babies." The babies simply add to the CO2 burden of Earth and pose a real threat to the petroleum industry by US Lefties.
Jeb Bush is really sad. He hasn't been through enough school to understand scientists don't lie. Their findings are based in fact. The amounts of CO2 when Mauna Loa Laboratories were first launched in 1956 was below 320 ppm. The recording of CO2; the continuous monitoring of CO2 began in 1956. It started under President Eisenhower. Perhaps he had the idea the rising greenhouse gas content of Earth with the onset of the industrial revolution was something to worry about.
Evidently, the findings of the US military aren't enough to satisfy Jeb Bush. That is the problem with the political right wing. They accept nothing as fact and use the USA for their political purpose of pandering to the Wall Street including losers such as the Kochs and Waltons. That is why the Kochs and Waltons are investing huge amounts of money into controlling the outcomes of American elections. If the American government actually did the best thing for the American people, the Kochs and Waltons might go out of business. Imagine that.
Several factors converged (click here) in the mid- to late 1950s that encouraged atmospheric scientists to study carbon dioxide distribution. One was declaration of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) in 1957-1958; another was the serendipitous construction of a new atmospheric observatory high on the slope of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, by the United States Weather Bureau in 1956; a third was the interest and patronage of Harry Wexler and Robert Simpson of the Weather Bureau and the passion of Dr. Charles “Dave” Keeling of California Institute of Technology to learn more about atmospheric carbon dioxide....
President Eisenhower was correct. That concerned posture has not changed within the USA military. Today, the US Military recognizes the danger of the climate crisis as a threat to the national defense.
Jeb Bush states he is Catholic. Really? Evidently, the words of Pope Francis hasn't reach Jeb Bush yet. The question is, will they ever?
Blatant out right lies. Jeb Bush lies about the danger to the lives of Americans. It is easy for him to lie. He has a brother named George that set the example.
50 million people haven't been responsible for the climate crisis and the increase in carbon dioxide. What is Jeb Bush's plan, "Hold Your Breath."
No, wait, maybe the Jeb Bush answer is "Don't have any more babies." The babies simply add to the CO2 burden of Earth and pose a real threat to the petroleum industry by US Lefties.
Jeb Bush is really sad. He hasn't been through enough school to understand scientists don't lie. Their findings are based in fact. The amounts of CO2 when Mauna Loa Laboratories were first launched in 1956 was below 320 ppm. The recording of CO2; the continuous monitoring of CO2 began in 1956. It started under President Eisenhower. Perhaps he had the idea the rising greenhouse gas content of Earth with the onset of the industrial revolution was something to worry about.
Evidently, the findings of the US military aren't enough to satisfy Jeb Bush. That is the problem with the political right wing. They accept nothing as fact and use the USA for their political purpose of pandering to the Wall Street including losers such as the Kochs and Waltons. That is why the Kochs and Waltons are investing huge amounts of money into controlling the outcomes of American elections. If the American government actually did the best thing for the American people, the Kochs and Waltons might go out of business. Imagine that.
Several factors converged (click here) in the mid- to late 1950s that encouraged atmospheric scientists to study carbon dioxide distribution. One was declaration of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) in 1957-1958; another was the serendipitous construction of a new atmospheric observatory high on the slope of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, by the United States Weather Bureau in 1956; a third was the interest and patronage of Harry Wexler and Robert Simpson of the Weather Bureau and the passion of Dr. Charles “Dave” Keeling of California Institute of Technology to learn more about atmospheric carbon dioxide....
President Eisenhower was correct. That concerned posture has not changed within the USA military. Today, the US Military recognizes the danger of the climate crisis as a threat to the national defense.
Jeb Bush states he is Catholic. Really? Evidently, the words of Pope Francis hasn't reach Jeb Bush yet. The question is, will they ever?
On August 3, 2015
President Obama (click here) and EPA announced the Clean Power Plan – a historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change. Shaped by years of unprecedented outreach and public engagement, the final Clean Power Plan is fair, flexible and designed to strengthen the fast-growing trend toward cleaner and lower-polluting American energy. With strong but achievable standards for power plants, and customized goals for states to cut the carbon pollution that is driving climate change, the Clean Power Plan provides national consistency, accountability and a level playing field while reflecting each state’s energy mix. It also shows the world that the United States is committed to leading global efforts to address climate change....
