Posted on 12/27/2016 5:25:02 PM PST by KingofZion
Foreign governments concerned about climate change may soon be spending more time dealing with Sacramento than Washington.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has packed his cabinet with nominees who dispute the science of global warming. He has signaled he will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. He has belittled the notion of global warming and attacked policies intended to combat it.
But California — a state that has for 50 years been a leader in environmental advocacy — is about to step unto the breach. In a show of defiance, Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, and legislative leaders said they would work directly with other nations and states to defend and strengthen what were already far and away the most aggressive policies to fight climate change in the nation. That includes a legislatively mandated target of reducing carbon emissions in California to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
“California can make a significant contribution to advancing the cause of dealing with climate change, irrespective of what goes on in Washington,” Mr. Brown said in an interview.
*** The environmental effort poses decided risks for this state. For one thing, Mr. Trump and Republicans have the power to undercut California’s climate policies. The Trump administration could reduce funds for the state’s vast research community — including two national laboratories — which has contributed a great deal to climate science and energy innovation, or effectively nullify state regulations on clean air emissions and automobile fuel standards.
“They could basically stop enforcement of the Clean Air Act and CO2 emissions,” said Hal Harvey, president of Energy Innovation, a policy research group in San Francisco. “That would affect California because it would constrain markets. It would make them fight political and legal battles rather than scientific and technological ones.”
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So, they have agreed to increase fracking and nuclear power generation. Good! That should shrink California’s gigantic carbon footprint.
California's own version of loopy Al Gore?
Doesn’t California have a large number of car-driving, water-drinking illegal aliens, things that arguably contribute to global warming?
If such is the case then California does not have aggressive policies to fight global warming. California is being purely politically correct for whatever it stands to gain concerning global warming politics.
Corrections, insights welcome.
After this election, the majority of the USA does not give a damn what Calif thinks about anything.
>>I actually think the Liberals are about to ‘tip over’, and Trump is going to do it.<<
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That is an interesting perspective.
If true, I think it will be accomplished by weeding out many thousands of parasites like Marxist college professors, subsidized climate change companies, do-nothing consultants feeding at the federal trough, crony bureaucracies at all levels of government (even school districts) . . . and many other such cleansings.
“.....and Trump is going to do it.”
Absolutely. ;>)
The San Joaquin, Sacramento and Klamath rivers dump millions of gallons of fresh water into the ocean every hour. A pipeline from those rivers feeding lakes and the central valley could end droughts forever, make the entire state a garden spot and produce capital of the world.
Instead Moonbeam wants a bullet train to Bakersfield.
The gubmint should just take California for themselves declaring the state’s government to be too stupid to care for itself (Generally speaking- all the good and decent folks in Cali would then be free to live life like life was meant to be lived- without people like Jerriatric Brown at the helm)
Trump to CA. No problem guys.. No federal money for you. Good luck with your mission.
Honestly.. He might help it along.
Key sentence: “The Trump administration could reduce funds for the state’s vast research community.”
I can see those off-ramp guys now - “Will Research for Food”.
Yep, they will.
** Idiots in Sacramento think they can change the climate on their own. **
Well...yes. They passed a law to keep cows from farting too much. No joke. They did.
Global warming is a wealth distribution scheme.
Take money from the middle class and distribute it to friends of Democrats who in return give nice campaign contributions.
The beauty of all this is they do not have to prove they are doing any good. It is a win win.
It is like the billion dollar train to nowhere. No one expects it to get built but think of the millions of dollars that can be siphoned off.
The bottom line, California is a one party state controlled by special interest, all who are getting some sort of kick back.
Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, includes the Treaty Clause, which empowers the President of the United States to propose and chiefly negotiate agreements, which must be confirmed by the Senate, between the United States and other countries, which become treaties between the United States and other countries after the advice and consent of asupermajority of the United States Senate.
Oh we live in a bubble that’s for sure
Make Cali American again. Deport the illegals and kick out visa overstays.
Make California American Again!
Born and raised in Kalifornia (back when it was California). I am old enough to have voted for Reagan for President, but not old enough to have voted for Governor Reagan. I do remember Reagan and S. I. Hayakawa telling academic liberal elites (and their skulls full of mush students) to grow up and get to class. Occupying the Dean’s Office was not lauded, it led to arrest. Back then they taught the truth about the Ice Ages cycle: 100,000 years of cold and ice, and then 10,000 to 15,000 years of warming. We are already overdue for more ice and cold. This 100,000 year cycle has been repeating for millions of years. The wackos and creepozoids have successfully labeled a plant food, C02, as a pollutant. Since all oil and gas contain much C02, the wackos are hell bent on controling us by controlling the C02.
Jerry Brown must hate California - he’s trying to drive her into the ground....
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