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Big Changes Coming to US Climate & Environment Policy

polgara said:
Greetings, Jack. :2wave:

I've been vocal on here about this ridiculous puddle regulation for quite a while now, so I'm very happy to read it's being undone! It's about time!! :2mad: What was their rationale for putting it into effect anyway - just to show everyone they can do whatever they please whenever they get bored? :bs
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Greetings, Polgara.:2wave:

We agree.
 
polgara said:
Greetings, Jack. :2wave:

I've been vocal on here about this ridiculous puddle regulation for quite a while now, so I'm very happy to read it's being undone! It's about time!! :2mad: What was their rationale for putting it into effect anyway - just to show everyone they can do whatever they please whenever they get bored? :bs
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Hello polgara,
I wish it were that simple, I think it was about testing control over people.
The EPA lost one of the cases in the supreme court, because the EPA said their ruling was beyond appeal.
 
longview said:
Hello polgara,
I wish it were that simple, I think it was about testing control over people.
The EPA lost one of the cases in the supreme court, because the EPA said their ruling was beyond appeal.
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Greetings, longview. :2wave:

As Alabama Paul would say ....HARRUMPH! That sums it up quite well for me, too! :doh: :cuckoo:
 
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[h=1]Leaked Document: Deep EPA Climate Budget Cuts Looming[/h]Guest essay by Eric Worrall Fox News claim a leaked EPA draft budget proposal document promises deep cuts to the EPA budget, particularly climate related activities. But the Heartland Institute think the reported cuts don’t go far enough. Environmental programs face deep cuts under budget proposal Published March 03, 2017 WASHINGTON – The Trump administration…
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[h=1]Trump Should Keep Promise, Withdraw U.S. from Paris Climate Treaty[/h]Guest essay by Christopher C. Horner President Trump should keep his campaign promise and rescind or otherwise withdraw the United States from President Obama’s purported commitment to the Paris climate pact, made in September 2016 on his way out the door. There are several ways of doing so, but the plainly superior option is to…
 
Jack Hays said:
EPA chief causes uproar by rejecting science of human-caused climate change
On CNBC's “Squawk Box,” Scott Pruitt said he does not agree that human activity is “a primary contributor to the global warming that we see.”


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Greetings, Jack. :2wave:

How does "environmental justice" work? It sounds like only low income communities are beneficiaries of any improvements made, and that's not a problem, but broken or contaminated underground pipes are a hazard to anyone drinking the water that flows through them. Our entire infrastructure is deteriorating, lots of it being 100 years old, so it's past time to start thinking about upgrading or replacing what needs major work done - water pipes being only one critical problem - and everyone knows it! Just talking about it hasn't fixed anything yet!
 
polgara said:
Greetings, Jack. :2wave:

How does "environmental justice" work? It sounds like only low income communities are beneficiaries of any improvements made, and that's not a problem, but broken or contaminated underground pipes are a hazard to anyone drinking the water that flows through them. Our entire infrastructure is deteriorating, lots of it being 100 years old, so it's past time to start thinking about upgrading or replacing what needs handled - water pipes being only one critical problem - and everyone knows it! Just talking about it hasn't fixed anything yet!
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Greetings, Polgara.:2wave:

Your question illustrates why we can get along without it.
 
Scott Pruitt, former attorney general of Oklahoma now heads up the EPA. He's a "great" pick. He dismantled his own EPA in OK, and sued the federal EPA several times. Due to his allegiance to the fossil fuel industry, fracking has left OK with more seismic activity than CA.

Conservatives are cheering Pruitt's appointment because they feel global warming is a myth, and regulations do nothing but kill the economy.

One of the Trump admin's first acts was to remove the regulation that prohibits the coal mining industry from dumping their toxic sludge into nearby waterways.

Will this grow the coal mining industry? Is this more important that poisoning our lakes and streams?
 
lurchadams said:
Scott Pruitt, former attorney general of Oklahoma now heads up the EPA. He's a "great" pick. He dismantled his own EPA in OK, and sued the federal EPA several times. Due to his allegiance to the fossil fuel industry, fracking has left OK with more seismic activity than CA.

Conservatives are cheering Pruitt's appointment because they feel global warming is a myth, and regulations do nothing but kill the economy.

One of the Trump admin's first acts was to remove the regulation that prohibits the coal mining industry from dumping their toxic sludge into nearby waterways.

Will this grow the coal mining industry? Is this more important that poisoning our lakes and streams?
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[h=1]Happiness: Coal CEO Celebrates Trump Repeal of Unfair Anti-Coal Rule[/h]Guest essay by Eric Worrall On Thursday President Trump liberated coal miners from the shackles of an Obama rule many in the industry believe was designed to destroy the coal industry. If you want to see happiness, see the following video of Robert Murray, founder and CEO of Murray Energy, America’s largest underground coal mining…

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[h=1]About those ‘devastating’ EPA budget reductions[/h]Budget and personnel cuts reflect environmental progress and essential regulatory reforms Guest opinion by Paul Driessen The Trump White House wants significant reductions at the Environmental Protection Agency: two dozen or more programs, including a dozen dealing with President Obama’s climate initiatives; a 20% downsizing in EPA’s 15,000-person workforce; and a one-fourth reduction in its…
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Jack Hays said:
[h=2]House Science Committee Hearing – Climate Science: Assumptions, Policy Implications and the Scientific Method[/h][FONT="][FONT=inherit]Posted on[/FONT] [URL="https://judithcurry.com/2017/03/22/house-science-committee-hearing-climate-science-assumptions-policy-implications-and-the-scientific-method/"]March 22, 2017[/URL] | 16 comments[/FONT]
by Judith Curry
Witnesses: John Christy, Judith Curry, Michael Mann and Roger Pielke Jr.
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Cool.

The whole video should be available on C-Span the next day.

I had to look up what the "Grijalva 7" was:

https://www.azpm.org/s/16188-grijalva-7-other-members-of-congress-arrested/
 
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[h=1]And, the wailing begins over Trump killing Obama’s overreaching climate regs[/h]From SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY and the “department of lost funding” comes this gloomy prediction. Trump Action on Clean Power Plan threatens air quality, health, and economic benefits The Trump Administration is expected to release signed an executive order on Tuesday March 28, 2017, directing the EPA to roll back the Clean Power Plan. In response, Dr. Charles…
 
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[h=1]“Energy Department climate office bans use of phrase ‘climate change’”[/h]Guest post by David Middleton A supervisor at the Energy Department’s international climate office told staff this week not to use the phrases “climate change,” “emissions reduction” or “Paris Agreement” in written memos, briefings or other written communication, sources have told POLITICO. Employees of DOE’s Office of International Climate and Clean Energy learned of the…
 
Jack Hays said:
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[h=1]“Energy Department climate office bans use of phrase ‘climate change’”[/h]Guest post by David Middleton A supervisor at the Energy Department’s international climate office told staff this week not to use the phrases “climate change,” “emissions reduction” or “Paris Agreement” in written memos, briefings or other written communication, sources have told POLITICO. Employees of DOE’s Office of International Climate and Clean Energy learned of the…
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That seems odd. Existing phrases need to be used when addressing past items. I'm thinking it is not to start new topics with such items. Plus, nothing wrong with emission reductions, it just depends on what the focus is surrounding the topic.
 
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