Such brave and selfless Democrats saving us all from the fire breathing scaly Climate Change Dragon.
What the Hell would we all do without them and their bravery other than burn to death in the freezing sun?
Posted on 12/27/2016 5:25:02 PM PST by KingofZion
Foreign governments concerned about climate change may soon be spending more time dealing with Sacramento than Washington.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has packed his cabinet with nominees who dispute the science of global warming. He has signaled he will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. He has belittled the notion of global warming and attacked policies intended to combat it.
But California — a state that has for 50 years been a leader in environmental advocacy — is about to step unto the breach. In a show of defiance, Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, and legislative leaders said they would work directly with other nations and states to defend and strengthen what were already far and away the most aggressive policies to fight climate change in the nation. That includes a legislatively mandated target of reducing carbon emissions in California to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
“California can make a significant contribution to advancing the cause of dealing with climate change, irrespective of what goes on in Washington,” Mr. Brown said in an interview.
*** The environmental effort poses decided risks for this state. For one thing, Mr. Trump and Republicans have the power to undercut California’s climate policies. The Trump administration could reduce funds for the state’s vast research community — including two national laboratories — which has contributed a great deal to climate science and energy innovation, or effectively nullify state regulations on clean air emissions and automobile fuel standards.
“They could basically stop enforcement of the Clean Air Act and CO2 emissions,” said Hal Harvey, president of Energy Innovation, a policy research group in San Francisco. “That would affect California because it would constrain markets. It would make them fight political and legal battles rather than scientific and technological ones.”
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They WILL back down.
We should sell california to whoever. Wall it off and use the rest of the money to pay on the debt
Brown, and his ilk around the world, want total government control over everything
Massive expansions of government under the guise of fighting climate change are their brass ring.
Such brave and selfless Democrats saving us all from the fire breathing scaly Climate Change Dragon.
What the Hell would we all do without them and their bravery other than burn to death in the freezing sun?
climate fight = $
no $ = no climate fight
If the rest of the country dumps AGW and all its bureaucracy and rules and taxes and California soldiers on then the rest of California’s businesses that aspire to be more than local mom’n’pops will leave or go under. State bankruptcy must follow quickly so long as the American taxpayers are not forced to bail it out.
So the earth’s atmosphere kind of just skips California or do the just get to keep their own?
They can raise money by selling the names of metro stations and bus lines. Then they’ll have plenty of cash to bend the climate to their will.
I doubt that Trump is going to interfere with California’s suicide.
Fine then. They have every right to tax themselves into poverty for nothing in return. Knock yourselves out. Just don’t ask the rest of us for a dime for your stupid pipedream.
Need to pay their 280 billion unfunded government employee pension debt before they an live or pay out their climate fantasies.
Well, if Trump won’t give them money they could always just raise taxes.
Exactly.
“...We should sell (C)alifornia to whoever....”
No, just sell the Rats and the illegals. The state could become what it once was about 45 years ago. A well managed, profitable, debt-free, nice place to live.
Moonbeam: What happens when all the companies hurt by your envirowaco policies migrate to Texas??
They could get a suitcase nuke from the Russian Mafia and explode it under Mount Shasta.
That might darken the sky enough to bring on a nuclear winter. It would be an experiment the Left Coast would love.
Exactly how does one “fight” climate?
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