Obama hits another home run at America's Expense.
Jun 15, 2014 08:45:12 #
An article describing the actual effect of the Obama EPA's new emissions guidelines. Of course, those who have made up their minds are unlikely to be swayed by fact.
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1. Emissions Cuts in US Won't Impact Climate
The Obama administration's recently announced proposal to cut U.S. carbon emissions is partly intended to encourage other large-scale emitters to cut their levels as well.
But persuading other nations to do that "won't be easy," Gautam Naik asserts in The Wall Street Journal and U.S. cuts alone will have minimal impact.
The American proposal would cut overall domestic carbon emissions by just 3 percent to 4 percent by 2020, according to Connie Hedegaard, commissioner for climate action in the European Commission, which sets laws for the European Union.
By comparison, the EU's emissions are set to decline 24 percent, and the EU goal is to cut them by 40 percent by 2030, Hedegaard noted.
And Stephen Eule, a vice president at the Institute for 21st Century Energy, part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said: "No matter what your view of climate change, these [U.S.] reductions will be dwarfed by increased emissions in other parts of the world.
"For every ton of carbon dioxide that's reduced in the administration's proposal, there will be at least six to seven tons of increase [elsewhere]. Unless the rest of the world gets on board, this won't have an impact on the climate."
But many developing countries are trying to industrialize their economies and will resist large domestic reductions in carbon emissions, Naik said.
"China has such a vast program of building new coal-fired power plants that it can't simply be stopped," said Gordon Hughes, a professor of economics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland who has studied climate change in China for the World Bank.
Environmental experts in India, another rapidly industrializing nation, maintain that if the United States expects developing nations to cut emissions, then America has to take a bolder step.
"Carbon emissions in the U.S. are significantly more than emissions by India," a senior environment ministry official told the Journal.
"The U.S. is a developed country and should do a 60 percent to 70 percent cut."
While the cuts in America won't seriously impact the climate, they are likely to impact the cost of energy, particularly electricity.
And that will hit the poor the hardest, the Insider Report recently pointed out.
Americans in the lowest fifth of the income distribution spend 24 percent of their income on energy, compared to 4 percent for those in the top fifth.
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Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories):
1. Emissions Cuts in US Won't Impact Climate
2. Convicts Can Work As Home Healthcare Providers
3. Attacks on Teachers Set New Record
4. Dozens of Nations Still Outlaw Apostasy, Blasphemy
5. Most Cigarettes in New York Now Are Smuggled
6. Next Olympics City Among World's Most Dangerous
Seniors Scoop Up Unclaimed $20,500 Checks? (See If You Qualify)
1. Emissions Cuts in US Won't Impact Climate
The Obama administration's recently announced proposal to cut U.S. carbon emissions is partly intended to encourage other large-scale emitters to cut their levels as well.
But persuading other nations to do that "won't be easy," Gautam Naik asserts in The Wall Street Journal and U.S. cuts alone will have minimal impact.
The American proposal would cut overall domestic carbon emissions by just 3 percent to 4 percent by 2020, according to Connie Hedegaard, commissioner for climate action in the European Commission, which sets laws for the European Union.
By comparison, the EU's emissions are set to decline 24 percent, and the EU goal is to cut them by 40 percent by 2030, Hedegaard noted.
And Stephen Eule, a vice president at the Institute for 21st Century Energy, part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said: "No matter what your view of climate change, these [U.S.] reductions will be dwarfed by increased emissions in other parts of the world.
"For every ton of carbon dioxide that's reduced in the administration's proposal, there will be at least six to seven tons of increase [elsewhere]. Unless the rest of the world gets on board, this won't have an impact on the climate."
But many developing countries are trying to industrialize their economies and will resist large domestic reductions in carbon emissions, Naik said.
"China has such a vast program of building new coal-fired power plants that it can't simply be stopped," said Gordon Hughes, a professor of economics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland who has studied climate change in China for the World Bank.
Environmental experts in India, another rapidly industrializing nation, maintain that if the United States expects developing nations to cut emissions, then America has to take a bolder step.
"Carbon emissions in the U.S. are significantly more than emissions by India," a senior environment ministry official told the Journal.
"The U.S. is a developed country and should do a 60 percent to 70 percent cut."
While the cuts in America won't seriously impact the climate, they are likely to impact the cost of energy, particularly electricity.
And that will hit the poor the hardest, the Insider Report recently pointed out.
Americans in the lowest fifth of the income distribution spend 24 percent of their income on energy, compared to 4 percent for those in the top fifth.
Jun 15, 2014 09:33:46 #
Loki wrote:
An article describing the actual effect of the Oba... (show quote)
Obama and his fellow robber barons *the EPA know this very well. Climate change has nothing to do with it. It's all about enriching himself and his partners in the *green energy industry. Doesn't matter that it will destroy America economically and cost literally millions of jobs, he can put a few million more dollars in his pocket.
Jun 15, 2014 09:36:28 #
Loki wrote:
An article describing the actual effect of the Obama EPA's new emissions guidelines. Of course, those who have made up their minds are unlikely to be swayed by fact.
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It really sucks to be Obama's guinea pig! I'll be soooooooo glad when that man is outta here!!
Jun 15, 2014 09:50:05 #
Tasine wrote:
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It really sucks to be Obama's guinea pig! I'll be soooooooo glad when that man is outta here!!
It really sucks to be Obama's guinea pig! I'll be soooooooo glad when that man is outta here!!
By the time he leaves, if he leaves, it will probably be too late to save this country. He has almost 3 more years and now that he doesn't have to worry about being re-elected, he will just go full boar in his agenda of destroying the American economy and the resulting collapse of the American way of life.
Jun 15, 2014 10:14:39 #
stan3186 wrote:
By the time he leaves, if he leaves, it will probably be too late to save this country. He has almost 3 more years and now that he doesn't have to worry about being re-elected, he will just go full boar in his agenda of destroying the American economy and the resulting collapse of the American way of life.
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No reason to think otherwise, is there?
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