Obama Administration Moves Forward on Climate Change Without Congress

[Stephanie]

why are we still paying for a Congress?

SNIP:
Forthcoming regulation likely means no new coal-fired power plants will be built in the United States


By Rebekah Metzler
February 22, 2013 RSS Feed Print


Demonstrators march in Los Angeles, Calif., to call on President Obama to take action on the environment, Feb. 17, 2013.

President Barack Obama is tired of waiting for Congress to move on legislation to reduce carbon emissions, and his administration is poised to move forward on actions to do just that—including a move that will effectively eliminate the possibility of any new coal plant opening in the United States, experts say.

"We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence," Obama said during his State of the Union address. "Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science—and act before it's too late."



Climate change has been a controversial public policy issue in recent years, as many conservative Republicans have denied a relationship between carbon emissions and incremental increases in temperatures, which many scientists link to increasingly severe weather events.

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Obama Administration Moves Forward on Climate Change Without Congress - US News and World Report

 

[TheOldSchool]

Ugh. I wish he would keep investing in alternative energy or in research to reverse the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. More regulation is meaningless because none of the other important players regulate anything.

 

[Rozman]

How long before Libs go after people Bar B Q ing using charcoal briquettes?...

I bet it won't be much longer before we have neighbor turning in neighbor.
Propane grills will be tolerated....

For now.

 

[Katzndogz]

Before he was ever elected obama promised to end all coal fired power plants. Did no one think of what that meant?

Complaints against bbqs are already piling up and bbqs are illegal in some places.

Neighbors BBQ - health at risk - Lawyers.com Community

Some cities have banned fireplaces for years already.

When Fireplaces are Outlawed

It makes sense. When most forms of energy have been made either illegal or too expensive to use, the basic self help of your own fire will already be against the law for cooking or heating. It was quite clever to start limiting fire cooking and heating first.