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Post by jimhenry2000 on Nov 22, 2017 2:30:21 GMT
I think the U.S government does accept climate change. The earth's climate has been changing since the beginning of time. Far more nebulous are the claims that human activity impacts climate change. Even so, the U.S. has made great strides in reducing CO2 emissions as well as other air and water pollution in the last 40 years. Yes, The US has made great strides but this administration wants to undermine everything....fire up the coal plants, bring back the acid rain problem and let the great lakes go back to the way they were before. If climate change is a "great" threat to the USA why did Trump walk away from the accord and say the US will not be part of this? Mark The Paris accords were mostly symbolic, put most of the costs on the U.S. and required much less of some of the largest polluters like India, Russia, and China. It was also illegal as Obama pushed it through as an "executive agreement" instead of going through the proper treaty process. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 5:08:48 GMT
I want to go back to coal fired radio stations (had to get radio in there somewhere).
I guess Obama's Paris Accord Executive Order was just as illegal as Trump's immigration Executive Orders?
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Post by jimhenry2000 on Nov 22, 2017 5:43:49 GMT
I want to go back to coal fired radio stations (had to get radio in there somewhere). I guess Obama's Paris Accord Executive Order was just as illegal as Trump's immigration Executive Orders? Not at all. Agreements with other nations must be consummated through the treaty process, not executive agreements or executive orders. |
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Post by jimhenry2000 on Nov 22, 2017 5:50:17 GMT
Taking Loose Talk To TaskJim Henry made a nebulous remark: " Far more nebulous are the claims that human activity impacts climate change." Then, Mr. Henry seemingly contradicts his first remark by this second one: " Even so, the U.S. has made great strides in reducing CO2 emissions as well as other air and water pollution in the last 40 years." If the first statement is true, the second statement wouldn't have any purpose. Not necessarily. We all (or at least most of us) want to be seen as good stewards of our environment, so we make the changes that we can through available technology. Those changes just aren't significant on a global scale and compared to some of the natural effects such as all the methane released from the ocean floors, as an example. |
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