Posted on 02/14/2014 10:15:14 AM PST by Sub-Driver
February 14, 2014, 06:39 am Obama to pitch $1B climate change 'resilience fund'
By Laura Barron-Lopez
President Obama will pitch a new $1 billion climate change resilience fund during a visit Friday to California.
The fund, which would need to be approved by Congress, is intended to help communities dealing with negative weather that's the result of climate change.
Obama is touting the fund during a trip to California, which has been devastated by a drought that is threatening the Central Valley's agriculture production and has led Gov. Jerry Brown (D) to call on Californians to conserve water.
During a call with reporters on Thursday evening, the assistant to the president on science and technology, John Holdren, said, without any doubt, the severe drought plaguing California and a number of other states across the country is tied to climate change.
"Weather practically everywhere is being caused by climate change," Holdren said.
The administration's fund would invest in research to gather data on the impacts of climate change, help communities prepare for them and support innovative technologies and infrastructure to ready the country "in the face of a changing climate."
"Recent events have reinforced our knowledge that our communities and economy remain vulnerable to extreme weather and natural hazards," the administration said in a statement on Thursday.
Obama will propose the fund Friday after visiting with farmers in Fresno, Calif.
The new fund — separate from Obama's climate agenda announced in June — will be detailed in the president's 2015 budget, set for release next month.
While Obama has said he will use his executive authority to push his climate agenda and other policies during what he dubbed his "year of action," the president would need approval from Congress for the fund.
When asked if talk of climate change tied to extreme weather events, like California's drought, by Obama would become more frequent, Holdren said it already has been a recurring talking point for the president.
Holdren added: "You can expect the president will talk about the connection between increasing frequency in the intensity of drought and climate change on Friday" and in the future.
“AKA, 2016 Dem party campaign fund. This money will be marked for “outreach”, “promotion”, “communication”, etc. All of which boils down to leftist advertising.”
Just think how much mainstream media loyalty they can buy with that much money.
More money to pass out to his buddies.
a billion dollars....pffft...moochelle spent that yesterday at the veterinarians getting her nails clipped
Holdren! It’s like Wayne Knight as “Newman” in “Seinfeld” when he is seen by Jerry Seinfeld.
‘NEWMAN’
Now it’s “HOLDREN”. If there ever was an environmental wacko, it is John Holdren. He is the alchemist of “Climate Change” and “Global Warming”.
He’s also apparently an old lefty. Will try to find something on him that I saw the other day - an affiliation or participating in a marxist organization’s conference.
In the old days guys like him were put into insane asylums and never heard from again. Today they are promoted to the top ranks of our government with their voodo science.
I miss the old day! Sigmund Fraud
Re which California elected whores get to line their pockets with this cash? Any elected Democrat or Red (sometimes I am redundant).
As to the “Bullet” train. Let’s call it what is really is, a boondoogle “BULLSHIT” train to nowhere. Might as well send all the Dems a check for a Million a piece and part the engine in the desert. Same results.
I’m going to develop a theory which states that the majority of politicians in states with too much sun develop so much brain damage that they remain Democrats even after they have died. Look at California (Pelosi a woman of many faces); Nevada (Tell me that Reid isn’t brain damaged); Florida (Alan Grayson is the perfect example of.. YOU FILL THIS IN WITH ANYTHING YOU WANT). ARIZONA - McCain, Sinema the red, Napolitano the Stupid; Grivailas; New Mexico - Richardson the almost convicted crook and No. Korean toadie.
I’ll even through in New Orleans and Ray Nagin, the convicted crook and poster boy for chocolate. We told him to wear suntan on his head. But NOOOOO!
The thing that struck me during the president’s conference in the valley today was how he mentioned this was the worst drought in a century. That means a hundred or more years ago there was a worse drought, yet far less “carbon polution” (aka carbon dioxide).
What’s this “Climate Change Zillions Fund” Obama is pushing?
A new Federale bureaucracy staffed by Obama voters. No conservatives or heterosexual white guys need apply.
Its all about gettin paid (by the taxpayers)
Fake fiat (Federale Reserve) money is perfectly suited for paying our emerging bureaucrat aristocracy with their fake jobs. Fake money for fake work. Exemplified by this globull warming slush fund
Its all about gettin paid (a rap song goes like that)
nasty! Having to bend down and clip her nails. The wookie has funk to spare
- Great thoughts
- Yes - the death of the Golden State.
- Like NYS with creepy goon “9mm GLOCK” Cuomo chasing away the big spenders
- I hereby appoint you Big Shot-For-Life in charge of freedom, killing taxes, cold beer, and instantly deporting all the Limo-Lefties to North Korea.
Heh. Good one. ;-)
What is their goal?
straighten out the planetary tilt and rotation so we get one season, the same temperature year round?
No more winter, no more summer?
Every day a perfect 72F, programmed rain at a specified time every day, on schedule, no overtime?
Stooopid ass strutting rooster that pecks at crap and mary jane seeds has to jump on any event just to strut and crow about something.
Texas has been in a more severe drought than California and it has lasted much longer.
When is Obozo gonna help us out?
Nevermind, WE DON’T WANT YOUR SOCIALIST/COMMUNIST HELP! We are doing just fine on our own!
More BS from Obama, the crown prince of BS.
A much better use of that $1 billion.....build de-salizination plants on the California coast.
This administration does not build things. It poops piles of newly printed cash and slides it to its cronies.
Stop turning the water off to save bait fish! The entire time I lived in southern California there was always drought and pleas to hoard water. Millions more people living there only multiplies the water problem.
You are exactly correct, build desalinization plants. Or build dams and move water where it is needed. Building things creates jobs and makes our nation and economy strong. Less talk and corruption from Washington. Let’s get busy and build stuff!
I am glad they are so concerned about raising my IQ.
Another Gestapo pogrom para-government funding, planned parenthood style fascists.
But, but wouldn’t those edicks have to be , oh I dunno, written down or scribled on a wall in the john, maybe crayonned on a balloon? Maybe whispered to a horse? Maybe a check just shows up in the mail if you’ve been scamming for the Kenyan? Or is he going Loosiana style and just gonna float a bucket of cash out in the next high water?
Ø doesn't like EOs as much as EWs now.
Executive Whims.
This is not about “climate change”.
THIS IS ABOUT A SLUSH FUND FOR THE 2014 ELECTION. And .. you’ll notice the dems are only too happy to use TAXPAYER money to fund themselves. I’m at PUKE already.
THE DEMS ARE RUNNING ABOUT $20 MILLION BEHIND THE REPUBS.
Call your congress person and scream loudly ..!!!!!!
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