Harris Poll: 82% of Americans Believe Keystone XL is in the National Interest.
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Posted on 06/19/2013 10:43:46 AM PDT by reaganaut1
WASHINGTON — President Obama is preparing a major policy push on climate change, including, for the first time, limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants, as well as expanded renewable energy development on public lands and an accelerated effort on energy efficiency in buildings and equipment, senior officials said Wednesday.
Heather Zichal, the White House coordinator for energy and climate change, said the president would announce the new policy initiatives in the coming weeks. Another official said a presidential address outlining the new policy could come as early as next week.
“He is serious about making it a second-term priority,” Ms. Zichal said at a forum in Washington sponsored by the magazine The New Republic. “He knows this is a legacy issue.”
In a speech in Berlin on Wednesday, Mr. Obama said that the United States and the world had a moral imperative to take “bold action” to slow the warming of the planet.
“The grim alternative affects all nations — more severe storms, more famine and floods, new waves of refugees, coastlines that vanish, oceans that rise,” Mr. Obama said. “This is the future we must avert. This is the global threat of our time. And for the sake of future generations, our generation must move toward a global compact to confront a changing climate before it is too late. That is our job. That is our task. We have to get to work.”
Ms. Zichal suggested in her remarks that a central part of the administration’s approach to dealing with climate change would be to use the authority given to the Environmental Protection Agency to address climate-altering pollutants from power plants under the Clean Air Act. She said none of the initiatives being considered by the administration required legislative action
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What temperature do they want the Earth to be? They should tell us what the correct climate is so that we know what to shoot for.
How preposterous to imagine he can have any effect on the climate. This reminds me of the proverbial flea floating on a leaf down the river while masturbating and yelling: “Open the drawbridge!”
Global warming and “Gay” rights are the most important issues of the day.
Not that we have terrorists trying to invade our borders and kill us or anything like that.
I am totally convinced the man is retarded at best.
Since he has had no success at fixing real problems, I guess it follows that he would tackle a fake one. It’s all about power and control - keep the sheep in their places.
Less CO2 Less trees, they want to get rid of all the trees.
Wow, how retro.
Harris Poll: 82% of Americans Believe Keystone XL is in the National Interest.
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