OMGOMGOMG!!!! NADIN SCOOPS!!!!
nadinbrzezinski (134,143 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025038725
EPA Releases New Carbon Standards
June 2, 2014 (San Diego) The Environmental Protection Agency announced today the release of a new set of Carbon standards that will apply to plants, current and to be built, across the United States. According to the news release the plan will:
Destroy the coal industry
Destroy the energy business
Destroy American jobs
Destroy the economy...
It is also part of the national Climate Action Plan released by the White House. It is being done through an Executive Order since our Congress is utterly paralyzed. We have also already heard from The US Chamber of Commerce:
cut and paste propaganda.
The objective of the new rules is to cut down Carbon production by 30% by 2030. It is well within the goals set in California with the Renewable Portfolio Standard. In fact, California intends to cut down Carbon emissions by 33% by 2020, quite the ambitious plan. What we should be aware off, is that this is not happening in a vacuum, and the United States is not leading in this field, In fact, we are actually dragging our feet.
I keep pointing at Mexico, which as of 2012 had a total renewable production of over 20% in green energy. We are following our neighbors to the south in this regard. Mexico passed a law through the Mexican Congress in 2008, that is quite sweeping. Each year the Department of Energy is ordered to:
We really want to be like Mexico?
Our neighbors are aware that replacing the current carbon based energy will require a basket of energy types. What is astounding is that when our leaders say we must lead, we are not even close. We must be aware of what is the state of technology and policy, and how the worst case scenarios presented by the Chamber and some of our political class have not occurred in other nations. In fact, renewables had produced jobs, not killed them.
While we fight renewables in our backyard, and mitigation needs to happen for local populations, nations who have been living though the early effects of climate change before it got a name are currently leading. They are much smaller economies than the American economy. While our Congress is still arguing over how many angels are on the head of a pin, and doing nothing, other nations are acting. If we want to lead, we need to lead.
(Hosts, my material)
Yes... Nadin wrote this.
nadinbrzezinski (134,143 posts)
1. kick
sabrina 1 (44,028 posts)
2. Excellent article. I agree we are from 'leading' the world, way behind in fact. That may have a lot
to do with how cheap energy, oil, gas etc was here for so long compared to other areas of the world, Europe eg.
This is a good small step taken by the President and good that he is doing it through an executive order since Congress certainly won't do it.
However, since the next President could issue his/her own EO, it IS necessary for Congress to take action. Which is why the Congressional races are so important.
Thanks for the article, Nadin.
isn't sabine a sockpuppet of the Nadin?
nadinbrzezinski (134,143 posts)
3. You welcome
That is it. Up on DU for two hours and only one comment...
