Posted on 03/04/2020 9:03:22 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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The proposal looks to make the European Union's (EU) goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 legally binding for all of the bloc's 27 member states. To successfully hit that target, the law proposes a mechanism to raise the EU's emissions reduction target over the next three decades, the commission said in a news release.
The European Union’s executive approved the regulation during a meeting attended by Greta Thunberg, the teen climate activist who has been an outspoken advocate for more stringent action to address environmental problems.
“We are acting today to make the EU the world's first climate neutral continent by 2050. The Climate Law is the legal translation of our political commitment, and sets us irreversibly on the path to a more sustainable future," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
Thunberg, 17, and other environmental groups have already criticized the proposal, saying it does not go far enough. Thunberg specifically voiced concerns over the law's failure to address emissions targets for 2030.
“‘Net zero emissions by 2050’ for the EU equals surrender. It means giving up,” she and 33 other youth climate activists said in an open letter published on Tuesday. “We don’t just need goals for just 2030 or 2050. We, above all, need them for 2020 and every following month and year to come.”
"Distant net-zero emission targets will mean absolutely nothing if we just continue to ignore the carbon dioxide budget – which applies for today, not a faraway future," they added.
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Scoldilocks weighs in...
Oh, the ‘yewwwwww’ said. Hey eu. Fah Q!
Run along, Greta. Go work on your creepy glare.
95% of atmospheric CO2 is naturally occurring. Only 5% is man made.....
I wonder if, the proponents of global warming, will get rid of Greta?
This multi year proposal was developed as a realistic way of gradually shifting away from fossil fuels, wasn’t it?
They work to develop realistic plans, which take into account many factors. Then Greta and her ilk weigh in, get pissed off, and condemn the plan as not good enough.
The people who developed these plans are on Greta’s side, and you have to wonder, at what point do they consider Greta a pain in the ass who should be evicted from their proceedings?
Redduh! Redduh! Redduh! You go girl...go to China and dictate and sometime during that trip you will be GTH.
What will she do in 30 to 40 years when all her dire warnings fail to materialize?..................
2060....
Why bother, we’re all done in 11+ years. By their own hysterical, irrational, junk science words.
The world is letting environmental policy be dictated by Heidi.
She needs to learn about islam, up close and personal.
I suspect she’s working on her last three seconds of her fifteen minutes.
Well yeah we have less than twelve years. /s
Climate scientist Greta Thunberg .
That’s it Greta. How DARE those Yurps commit to bow down to Earth Mother Gaia by wrecking their economies in 30 years. They must bow down and wreck their economies NOW. Today! Gaia demands a sacrifice. Nothing short of complete economic ruin will do!
She’ll do what Prince Chuck and the rest of the Gaia Worshipers do.
Pretend the doom they predicted yesterday does not matter while predicting doom for tomorrow which can only be averted by the most immediate painful sacrifice possible (by others - never themselves) today.
Mandatory for all members. Nothing like giving up your sovereignty.
Greta needs to research what happened in the end to Joan of Arc.
[WHAP! WHAP! In the back of the head with the wrench]
BAD GRUP!!
Free beer TOMORROW!.........................
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