Posted on 12/04/2017 6:26:26 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
President Trumps declaration on June 1, 2017, that he was withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, which I helped to design, was framed as a call to nationalism, saying he was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.
But 75 percent of Pittsburghers voted for Hillary Clinton, who was in favor of the agreement, and since then the mayors of Pittsburgh and Paris have together endorsed the Paris agreement, in the joint goal of building a cleaner, safer world.
Many regions still face pressing issues around decarbonization of power and industry. Europe needs to do better at home and, with leadership from France and Germany, to continue engaging China and India, encouraging them to meet more ambitious targets.
The global movement that was founded upon the statements in the Paris agreement is about people, citizens concerns, economic expectations and technological development. It is not a technocratic legal document, nor about abandoning national sovereignty. We are working toward a shared vision of a common future, with the goal of safeguarding the planet for all.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
We the People Pledge to Fight THE LIE OF MAN-MADE Climate Change AS AN EXCUSE FOR GLOBAL TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT.
There, fixed it.
Bravo!
I’m all in favor of “We the (liberal) people fighting climate change.
You liberals get right on that. Stop driving cars and flying in planes.
“Vowing to fight Climate Change is like vowing to fight Gravity.
Gravity always wins....................”
Resist....gravity.
“But 75 percent of Pittsburghers voted for Hillary Clinton...”
75% of Pittsburghers are nutburghers.
"Oh noes! says Laurence." "How will we ever bilk from the Americans all those billions of tax dollars they can provide!" "We must lie, lie, lie for the money ... er ... to save the Earf!"
Yes, it's investment in future energy. Past solar labor is currently producing that energy and will produce more in the future, for the price of maintenance which is cheaper than mining.
But in a day's work, a coal miner can produce 2000 times more energy than a solar worker. But after those panels operate for 5 years their productivity will be equal and the rest of the energy from the solar will be much lower cost than fossil (maintenance costs only).
Maybe that many people in the city of Pittsburgh voted for Hillary, but in the surround "donut" counties surrounding Pittsburgh, a great majority voted for Trump.
Pardon the President for not being more specific, but we took his quote to be more reflective of Pennsylvania as a whole, rather than your little isolated view.
(As Tonto said to the Lone Ranger, "What do you mean 'We', white man?")
Simple - Cut off all fossil fuels and fossil fuel derived electricity to Pittsburgh and the New York Times.
Wait six months then write another article on this subject.
Then I will listen to you.
Nicely said.
At the time of our federal convention, British Kings alone made treaties for their kingdom. It made sense. As the sovereign of all their subjects, they were indistinguishable from Great Britain.
OTOH, our Framers never remotely considered such a grant to this new guy to political science, . . . the President. Nope, for the nation to express one voice required two-thirds of member states as expressed in a senate of the states.
A recent disturbing trend which accelerated during the Obama years, is an implied prerogative of American Presidents to make ‘deals’ with other nations that have the force of treaties as the supreme law of the land.
I wish President Trump explained, more explicitly, why Obama was rogue and dangerous chief executive.
I recommend they should stop breathing ASAP.
No one cares what a bunch of criminals and thieves think.
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