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Trump kills Clean Power Plan, orders agencies to ignore climate change


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2017 Mar 28, 9:07pm   1,600 views  9 comments

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https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/trumps-executive-order-on-climate-change-finally-drops/

Trump kills Clean Power Plan, orders agencies to ignore climate change

After weeks of rumors and delays, President Trump signed an executive order on climate policies Tuesday at the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency—an agency the Trump administration tried to hit with a $247 million cut for the current fiscal year, according to Politico, and is seeking a 31 percent budget cut for next year. The order includes a number of actions to undo Obama-era decisions addressing the greenhouse gas emissions that have already warmed the world’s climate about 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) since the late 1800s.

As part of the announcement, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry said, "America's leadership, the president's leadership, on how we achieve energy independence while improving our environment in this country and abroad is determined more by the actions that this president is taking than at any time."

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1   marcus   2017 Mar 28, 9:50pm  

Riiiiiiiiiight...

Just more efforts to piss off those smartee pants liberals with their so called "science."

Funny how you have no problems with science when it brings you cool gadgets and toys and weapons of mass destruction. But when it disrupts the profits of your overlords, your gullibility kicks in and you back the owners up, hook line and sinker.

2   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2017 Mar 29, 7:33am  

Trumps abdication of our role in a technological or global political solution will do more for China's economy and prowess in the world than anything Trump does for the US. His slashing of science programs will do more to harm our strength (comes from military technology and wealth) than any money he throws at stockpiling equipment could do to strengthen it.

3   Y   2017 Mar 29, 7:49am  

Ivanka will save us unless she's a Russian spy (ivanka?)

4   Tenpoundbass   2017 Mar 29, 8:25am  

Does this mean my electric bill wont be $1200 a month by 2020?

5   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2017 Mar 29, 9:09am  

Tenpoundbass says

Does this mean my electric bill wont be $1200 a month by 2020?

No. It means that more of your electric bill payment will go to China, who will be providing more of the equipment to power it.

6   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2017 Mar 29, 9:12am  

Ironman says

Care to remind us how strong China got under Obama??

China has been beating us in developing and manufacturing energy technology. They've had the foresight to subsidize alt energy development more than we have. Subsidizing alt energy is anathema to Republicans, so Obama was limited in what he could do. Trump has shown us that he is right there with the rest of the Republicans in shooting ourselves in the face.

7   HEY YOU   2017 Mar 29, 9:21am  

History won't have to judge.
Republicans have some retard problems.
Everybody knows this NOW!

8   Strategist   2017 Mar 29, 9:57am  

marcus says

Trump kills Clean Power Plan

Trump is foolishly trying to bring back coal. It won't work because most states, including California have their own requirements when it comes to clean energy.
Same goes for auto mileage. Trump is foolishly trying to roll back Obama era requirements on mpg. It won't work because again, most states including California have their own requirements when it comes to clean energy.
Alternative energy is clean, and already competes with coal and natural gas in many states.
Alternative energy costs come down every year.
The less gas we use in our cars, the less we have to import from the Arabs.
There is no future for fossil fuels. Lets kill it ASAP.

9   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2017 Mar 29, 11:05am  

Strategist says

Trump is foolishly trying to bring back coal. It won't work because most states, including California have their own requirements when it comes to clean energy.

Same goes for auto mileage. Trump is foolishly trying to roll back Obama era requirements on mpg. It won't work because again, most states including California have their own requirements when it comes to clean energy.

I'm glad to see that you agree with Hillary on this issue, and realize that Trump conned WV. I don't think Trump believes that we will have a coal renaissance. If rolling back the regs doesn't work, he can blame it on somebody else.

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