And, I think US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is absolutely correct in the amount of money the USA needs to move the country to vastly lower GHG emissions. We are the leader of the Free World and we must set the standard. In obtaining a high standard of GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emission reduction we can then ask for other countries to meet the same standard. We must do this and the time is now.
2030 is less than nine years away. We cannot afford to miss that target. We must continue past 2030 to be carbon neutral by 2050. This is REALITY. This is not some weird political game that brings money to cronies. This is real and the danger is real. The stratosphere must remain intact without increased mixing as we have seen. The mixing between the troposphere and the stratosphere is record-setting. Enough of gambling with our planet to protect the petroleum industry. There are better ways.
By Emily Czachor
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (click here) on Sunday defended the breadth of President Joe Biden's American Jobs Plan, a $2.2 trillion bill that aims to improve U.S. infrastructure and revitalize the economy as it works to recover from COVID-19.
The proposal, which Biden unveiled last week, was met with criticism from Republican and some Democratic lawmakers over its size. While conservatives, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, argued against the plan because of its spending goals, progressives, such as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, suggested that additional funds are necessary to truly realize the bill's intended impacts.
Speaking to ABC News host George Stephanopoulos during an appearance on the network's This Week program, Buttigieg acknowledged the emerging partisan divide. A Democrat and former presidential candidate, Buttigieg served as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, for eight years before assuming his leadership role at the Department of Transportation under Biden's administration....
US Senator Joe Manchin believes he can find 10 Republicans to vote for this bill that will change the USA forever leading into the future. I hope he is right and if he is successful, the partisan divide is a myth. I would love to see that as a myth sooner than later. If Senator Machin hopes for bipartisan support is not realized, then the Democrats must do what is best for the country as a leader and for the generation of Americans growing up now. Our time is now.
