permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Huffpo, today...


President Donald Trump released an Earth Day statement touting his commitment to protecting the environment, despite doing the exact opposite in the first few months of his administration.

“Our Nation is blessed with abundant natural resources and awe-inspiring beauty. Americans are rightly grateful for these God-given gifts and have an obligation to safeguard them for future generations,” Trump said in the statement Saturday. “My Administration is committed to keeping our air and water clean, to preserving our forests, lakes, and open spaces, and to protecting endangered species,”

Trump, who has claimed that climate change is a hoax that the Chinese invented, has appointed multiple climate change skeptics to fill his cabinet. Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt, one such skeptic, sued the agency more than a dozen times when the was attorney general of Oklahoma. Rick Perry, now the secretary of energy, said in 2012 he wanted to abolish the department Trump tapped him to run (he now says he regrets the comment).

In his first 100 days as president, Trump has moved to eliminate several protections for the environment. He signed legislation repealing the Stream Protection Rule, which protected streams from mining operations. The president has also moved to eliminate the Clean Water Rule, which protects 2 million miles of streams and 20 million acres of wetlands. Getting rid of the rule could jeopardize drinking water for nearly 120 million Americans and numerous endangered species. He has also moved to get rid of car emission and pollution standards.

The statement also noted that Trump is committed to “rigorous science” and “honest inquiry.”

“Rigorous science is critical to my Administration’s efforts to achieve the twin goals of economic growth and environmental protection,” Trump said. “My Administration is committed to advancing scientific research that leads to a better understanding of our environment and of environmental risks. As we do so, we should remember that rigorous science depends not on ideology, but on a spirit of honest inquiry and robust debate.”

But under Trump, the EPA’s Office of Science and Technology has removed “science” from its mission statement. Trump and Pruitt have questioned well established science that shows global warming is real. His administration has proposed gigantic cuts to biomedical and scientific research and, the EPA and environmental programs.

Trump and the White House have also undermined science by distorting the truth and questioning facts. The entire field of science is built around objective observation and facts in the pursuit of truth. Thousands joined protests around the world on Saturday to highlight how Trump’s disregard for facts undermined science.

badbobby Loc: texas

sounds to me that you just haven't given up yet perm
theres still nearly 4 years (or maybe 8 )to go
good luck

kankune Loc: Iowa

Quit being such a drama queen......

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

When trump and company is gone, we will still need this nation.

I will never stop trying to prevent as much damage as possible..

jack sequim wa Loc: Blanchard, Idaho

Your eight years to late....Dummy! !!!

badbobby Loc: texas

[quote=permafrost]When trump and company is gone, we will still need this nation.

I will never stop trying to prevent as much damage as possible..[/quoteI hear what you are saying perm
but
didn't you vote for obummer???

kankune Loc: Iowa

Speculation my friend.....speculation!!

Gatsby

I just watched George Stephanopoulos state that according to one poll, if the election were held today, Trump would win the popular vote!

Take a big bite out of that, spin it real good, and come back with some more of your usual colon blow.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Yet the most popular politician in America remains Berny Saunders..

Big Bass

I know you will have trouble with this, so make sure you have your English dictionary beside you: pollution can be many, many things. The carbon footprint is not one of them. Please ensure your facts are true, as you have made a complete ass of yourself once again.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/pollution/


PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER ESSICK
Smog hanging over cities is the most familiar and obvious form of air pollution. But there are different kinds of pollution—some visible, some invisible—that contribute to global warming. Generally any substance that people introduce into the atmosphere that has damaging effects on living things and the environment is considered air pollution.

(See what it's like to live in the world's most polluted city.)

THE LEADING POLLUTANT
Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, is the main pollutant that is warming Earth. Though living things emit carbon dioxide when they breathe, carbon dioxide is widely considered to be a pollutant when associated with cars, planes, power plants, and other human activities that involve the burning of fossil fuels such as gasoline and natural gas. In the past 150 years, such activities have pumped enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to raise its levels higher than they have been for hundreds of thousands of years.

Ricko Loc: Florida

Perma-take your time and tell us exactly how it is profitable for the US Taxpayer to send billions to the UN , for
redistribution, to fight so called man-made climate change? You know the money is being pocketed by the supposed administrators do you not ? So is Trump being foolish to cut off that unlimited supply of money to those crooks or
do you still believe in the tooth fairy ? Awaiting your response !! America First !!!

Big Bass

Very nice, I'm sure. Unfortunately, you are talking about pollution - NOT the carbon footprint, which is how much carbon you use. Yes, carbon compounds do cause pollution. If you remove these compounds, then pollution goes down, but your carbon footprint remains the same. BTW: methane (CH4) is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Even water vapor is a greenhouse gas.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

For any discussion......What is your alternative?

Do you simply want it all to stop or do you think we should be doing something else?

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

If we use less fossil fuel.. Are you saying only the carbon compounds are reduced? We have to reduce the carbon footprint to make headway in reducing the effect.

Yes, Methane is very potent... as the temp increases the locked up Methane in the deep oceans and the permafrost in the arctic will release and intensive the problem.. Water vapor has a large but short term effect, as the air warms it will hold more water vapor and enhance the warming..

As in pushing dominoes, can get worst and worst..