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'Not the greatest crisis': Trump's EPA pick downplays climate threat
Reuters ^ | 1/16/2016 | Valerie Volcovici

Posted on 01/16/2019 7:28:11 PM PST by mdittmar

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s new pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency told lawmakers on Wednesday he does not believe climate change is a major crisis, and would continue to undo Obama-era emission limits if confirmed.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; epa; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; hoax; trump
Denier,he's a witch;)
1 posted on 01/16/2019 7:28:11 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

CO2 is plant food.

Without it life itself is impossible.

We all emit it personally many times a day.

If all those who thought it was a dangerous pollutant would personally stop emitting CO2 we could solve this crisis overnight.


2 posted on 01/16/2019 7:42:43 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: mdittmar

“Activists briefly interrupted Wheeler’s testimony on Wednesday shouting “Shut down Wheeler, not the EPA,” and several were arrested after demonstrating outside the hearing room.”

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it’s a good hire when leftards go ape sh*t over a Trump nominee


3 posted on 01/16/2019 7:45:16 PM PST by max americana (Happily Fired every stupid liberal at every election since 08' at work. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: mdittmar

Confirm him post haste.


4 posted on 01/16/2019 7:47:50 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: mdittmar

L8r


5 posted on 01/16/2019 7:48:15 PM PST by preacher ( Journalism no longer reports news, they use news to shape our society.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
CO2 is plant food.

But it doesn't have Electrolytes!


6 posted on 01/16/2019 7:49:29 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: mdittmar

Best election, best POTUS, evah!


7 posted on 01/16/2019 7:50:50 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Jim Robinson

So fun to watch,gonna get better;)


8 posted on 01/16/2019 7:53:21 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

Liberal heads exploding.


9 posted on 01/16/2019 8:09:34 PM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: mdittmar

“’Not the greatest crisis’: Trump’s EPA pick downplays climate threat”

That’s so last White House Administration.

Get with it, will ya?

Now we have the Wall to get built.


10 posted on 01/16/2019 8:16:52 PM PST by Redcitizen (I don't always lurk, but when I do, Freerepublic.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Well most of us emit methane and carbon dioxide many times a day, usually accompanied by a sound and some odor but all of us emit carbon dioxide almost constantly by exhaling.


11 posted on 01/16/2019 8:24:25 PM PST by webheart (Grammar police on the scene.)
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To: mdittmar

CO2 is 0.043% of the earths atmosphere. Any more questions?


12 posted on 01/16/2019 8:33:17 PM PST by HighSierra5
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To: Lurkinanloomin
CO2 is plant food.

Without it life itself is impossible.

It is a fraction of a percent of the atmosphere. Reduce it, and millions of people will starve. That is settled science that is being ignored; less CO2 will result in loss of plants in the eco-chain that animal life including humans, depend on for survival.

On top of that, we're into the early stages of an ice age and crops will not do well.

13 posted on 01/16/2019 8:43:28 PM PST by roadcat
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To: mdittmar

I missed it. Had to be at work, dammit. Did the Democrats convulse uncontrollably as they were being triggered?


14 posted on 01/16/2019 8:52:08 PM PST by JennysCool
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Indeed.

Plants absorb CO2. Photosynthesis.

Just plant more trees.


15 posted on 01/16/2019 8:54:49 PM PST by Innovative
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But he thinks it IS a crisis. Just not the greatest one.


16 posted on 01/16/2019 9:28:08 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: mdittmar

In his first week on the job, Wheeler revoked three of Scott Pruitt’s reforms - allowing rebuilt engines in new trucks; blocking California’s individual environmental standards; and a third one I have forgotten.

I think Wheeler is more Conservative than anyone Hillary would have appointed, but I doubt Wheeler will have a conspicuous record of regulation rollbacks like Pruitt had.


17 posted on 01/17/2019 2:46:57 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: Lurkinanloomin

OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?


18 posted on 01/17/2019 4:32:36 AM PST by abclily
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