Nothing new.
I believe it was 2003 when I submitted a 20+ page report through the New Source Review. It was the first time carbon dioxide was introduced to that assessment. The legislature is compelled by law to address these concerns.
Two weeks later Bush went to the Rose Garden Podium and stated to reporters, “There is no such thing as global warming and carbon dioxide could never be a toxic greenhouse gas.” Those were my exact words in that report. Petroleum probably read it and went crying to “W.”
Not long afterward Senator Barbara Boxer brought out of committee legislation addressing the conclusion greenhouse gases are causing an anthropogenic warming of Earth.
Please understand there was absolutely no corruption. No money exchanged hands with Senator Boxer or any other legislator. I had to never met her then or afterward. I have always admired her and she was and remains an inspiration. When moral reports are submitted as evidence and meet the eyes of moral legislators they do pay attention.
Be a confident and fearless citizen. It is a breath of fresh air to legislators with the people at the heart of their power.
Just sayin’.
