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Baker irked by undersecretary’s climate remarks
commonwealthmagazine.org/ ^ | 2/5/2021 | BRUCE MOHL

Posted on 02/08/2021 2:46:33 PM PST by bitt

DAVID ISMAY, the Baker administration’s undersecretary for climate change, got into hot water with the governor on Friday after a video surfaced in which he appeared to say Massachusetts residents are going to be squeezed financially as the state tries to reduce emissions.

In a panel discussion with the Vermont Climate Council on January 25 that is available on YouTube, Ismay said the numbers facing the state are daunting. He said 60 percent of the state’s emissions come from residential heating and passenger vehicles. To meet the state’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050, Ismay said, 3 million homes need to transition to clean energy and 5 million vehicles need to be replaced with zero emission cars.

Ismay said Massachusetts doesn’t have many big sources of emissions left to target, and is left with changing the lifestyles of ordinary people. “There is no bad guy left, at least in Massachusetts, to point the finger at, turn the screws on, and break their will so they stop emitting,” he said. “That’s you. We have to break your will. I can’t even say that publicly.”

Ismay also referenced the challenge of getting offshore wind farms permitted and transmission lines built to carry electricity to where it’s needed. He indicated there are always competing interests – the fishing industry has concerns about offshore wind turbines and state residents are worried about transmission lines running through their communities. “We can’t have no offshore wind, no transmission, no solar, and have clean energy,” Ismay said. “Something has to give. There has to be some mechanism we trust to find a place to site a transmission line.”

The video was highlighted in a press release issued by the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, which opposes many of the governor’s climate change policies. “It’s frightening to think an official so high up in the Baker administration is bragging to an out-of-state group about the economic pain he wants to inflict on the very people who he’s supposed to work for,” said Paul Craney, a spokesman for the alliance. “Remarks like this have no place in state government. Ismay should be dismissed from his position in state government, as he’s clearly demonstrated he does not have the best interests of the residents of Massachusetts at heart.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: baker; bidenvoters; davidismay; massachusetts
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1 posted on 02/08/2021 2:46:33 PM PST by bitt
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2 posted on 02/08/2021 2:46:49 PM PST by bitt (Joe Biden has managed to take everything that is wrong with DC bureacracy and fit it into 1 cabinet)
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The Climate Weenie

3 posted on 02/08/2021 2:47:49 PM PST by bitt (Joe Biden has managed to take everything that is wrong with DC bureacracy and fit it into 1 cabinet)
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Didn’t I hear that one of these ‘the earth is dead’ types complaining about the ‘temperature’ rising BECAUSE the air is too clean due to the lockdowns?

Is there anything these clowns won’t gripe about?

In the 70s it was the world was going to freeze to death then it was Global Warming and since neither proved to be ‘fatal’ it just got named climate control(??) so they could biatch if it became too hot or too cold..

One of my all time favorites is the idiots going to observe the melting of the icebergs and its impending doom and their ships get frozen/stuck in the ice.

I swan, you can’t please some people even if you hang them with a new rope...


4 posted on 02/08/2021 2:55:07 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 "Message to GOP "GO FUnd YOURSELF")
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Ordinary people = working people. they have to break our will. Are you ready for this “will breaking”? For what, an idea?


5 posted on 02/08/2021 2:56:54 PM PST by WVNan
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To: bitt; All

WHEN ANYONE YOU KNOW DEFENDS GLOBULL CLIMATE HERE’S THE FACTS YOU CAN GIVE THEM
Earth Axis tilts slightly away from sun
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3877075/posts

Earth Enters Unknown as Magnetic North Pole Continues Push Toward Russia, Crosses Greenwich Meridian
Sputniknews.com ^ | 15:08 13.12.2019 (updated 15:42 13.12.2019) | Staff
posted in the Free Republic Aggregate conservative news site
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3800727/posts
Posted on 12/13/2019, 4:22:18 PM by Red Badger

Earlier this year, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the British Geological Survey (BGS) were forced to update the World Magnetic Model a year ahead of schedule due to the speed with which the magnetic north pole is shifting out of the Canadian Arctic and toward Russia’s Siberia.

Deep solar minimum on the verge of an historic milestone
wattsupwiththat.com ^ | December 12, 2019 | by Paul Dorian

Posted on 12/13/2019, 3:17:04 PM by Red Badger Posted in the Free Republic aggregate news site http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3800719/posts

Solar minimum is a normal part of the 11-year sunspot cycle, but the last one and the current one have been far deeper than most. One of the consequences of a solar minimum is a reduction of solar storms and another is the intensification of cosmic rays. The just ended solar cycle 24 turned out to be one of the weakest in more than a century – continuing a weakening trend that began in the 1980’s – and, if the latest forecasts are correct, the next solar cycle will be the weakest in more than 200 years.

One of the natural impacts of decreasing solar activity is the weakening of the ambient solar wind and its magnetic field which, in turn, allows more and more cosmic rays to penetrate the solar system. Galactic cosmic rays are high-energy particles originating from outside the solar system that can impact the Earth’s atmosphere. Our first line of defense from cosmic rays comes from the sun as its magnetic field and the solar wind combine to create a ‘shield’ that fends off cosmic rays attempting to enter the solar system. The shielding action of the sun is strongest during solar maximum and weakest during solar minimum with the weakening magnetic field and solar wind. The intensity of cosmic rays varies globally by about 15% over a solar cycle because of changes in the strength of the solar wind, which carries a weak magnetic field into the heliosphere, partially shielding Earth from low-energy galactic charged particles.

NEWLY PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC PAPER TEARS GLOBAL WARMING AND THE IPCC TO SHREDS
Electro verse.net ^ | Dec 11, 2019

Posted on 12/17/2019, 4:54:46 PM by 11th_VA

http://www.freerepublic/com/focus/f-news/3801618/posts

A scientific paper entitled “An Overview of Scientific Debate of Global Warming and Climate Change” has recently come out of the University of Karachi, Pakistan. The paper’s author, Prof. Shamshad Akhtar delves into earth’s natural temperature variations of the past 1000 years, and concludes that any modern warming trend has been hijacked by political & environmental agendas, and that the science (tackled below) has been long-ignored and at times deliberately manipulated.

... Pro human induced global warming scientists exaggerate the contribution of carbon dioxide as a major greenhouse gas in absorbing long wave earth’s radiation. The fact is water vapor is the single largest atmospheric greenhouse gas (2% by volume), Carbon dioxide is second (0.0385% by volume).

Water vapor contributes 95% to the greenhouse effect, all other greenhouse gases combined contribute only 5%. Furthermore, the man-made portion of carbon dioxide contributes only 0.117% to the greenhouse effect.

The IPCC does not consider water vapor a greenhouse gas in its reports.

In addition, water vapor absorbs in a much wider band of long wave radiation (4-8 micrometer and 12-70 micrometer bands), whereas Carbon dioxide absorbs in narrow bands (13-16 micrometer) and ozone absorbs in a much smaller narrow band (9-10 micrometer). Thus, water vapor absorbs in a much wider wave length band, it has the single largest greenhouse effect among all the greenhouse gases.

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EARTH TO COOL DOWN WARNS GEO SCIENTIST

Scientific reports from Canada and Greenland has indicated that the the shrinking arctic ice sheets have begun to replace themselves rapidly. Strongly suggesting the earth instead of warming, is beginning to cool down. It is still not known (or proven) if this is the result because of the reduced rate of sun spot activity.

Canadian geo scientist Professor R. Timothy Patterson of Carelton University is urging a go-slow on the rush for governments to “Play God” with global warming legislative blaming this on CO2 (carbon dioxide) discharges. Legislating corrections attempting to control a natural cyclic occurrence caused by; sun spots, the magnetic solar wind, and cyclic earth magnetic polarity reversal, among other natural occurrences including volcanism, meteors etc. Probably plays a very significant role in climate change. Yet ignorantly blaming man made CO2 emissions for climatic change. which is becoming a rapidly discredited and minuscule cause of global warming in his article published by Canada’s Financial Post. 6/20/07

Patterson was selected by the Canadian government to study the fluctuations in certain types of fish populations.
While doing so the Canadian Geo-Scientist found a correlation when certain species of fish had high population and then drastic drop offs. He discovered these fluctuations corresponded with sun spot activity and solar radiation vs cosmic activity. When earth cooling occurred.

Studying deep fjords along the Western Canadian coast where deep pools of low oxidation water exist. The Patterson study reached deep into the earths recent past of 4000 years of undisturbed sediments. Patterson found that when aquatic activity was highest and lowest in those collected sediments having high aquatic content had matched known solar protection when the magnetic wind was highest, and dropped off when earth magnetic fields activities were lowest.Thus causing cosmic radiation to intensify.

Then because the earth became unprotected by its magnetic fields from galactic cosmic activity. Patterson cites several accepted theories which concludes this then created cloud activity during such periods which increased drastically. Thus cooling earth and bringing in its ice ages.

In his presentation here is a professor urging more scientific study (like Pope Benedict)is needed. That politicians including Al Gore, of The Earth Is Flat Society, don’t know what the hell they’re talking about. Strongly suggesting that the global warming may be caused by exhaling politicos rather than serious scientific examination.

Patterson seems to be saying before Canadians start investing in palm trees they should be considering better parkas because what goes up must come down and the Mexicans better move over for a reverse population flow. The 2007story was featured in The Drudge Report, and World Net Daily, which were linked in The US Mat’s last page. But lost due to source link changes .


6 posted on 02/08/2021 2:58:31 PM PST by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin posting here for the record hoping somebody might read and pass around)
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To: bitt

Honesty from a leftist is always illuminating, and always immediately quelled.


7 posted on 02/08/2021 3:01:45 PM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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https://gab.com/RealRedElephants/posts/105691962362220693

@RealRedElephants
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Is solar energy really “clean” energy?


8 posted on 02/08/2021 3:06:45 PM PST by bitt (Joe Biden has managed to take everything that is wrong with DC bureacracy and fit it into 1 cabinet)
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“To meet the state’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050, Ismay said, ...5 million vehicles need to be replaced with zero emission cars.”

So, will mAssachusetts charge those electric cars at night with only nuclear MA power plants and out-of-state coal or gas plants, to be zero emission? (Solar and a large percentage of wind sources are idle at night.)

Musk already told us the grid won’t support widespread car charging.


9 posted on 02/08/2021 3:09:03 PM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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Amazing how northeast liberals who stay warm every winter with home heating oil somehow think wind farms will save them.

That’s some special kind of stupid.


10 posted on 02/08/2021 3:09:29 PM PST by BillyBonebrake
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Keep fossil fuels flowing. The real danger is friggin soy beans. Exhibit A


11 posted on 02/08/2021 3:10:09 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver
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That rope should be virgin Kentucky hemp rope....


12 posted on 02/08/2021 3:13:24 PM PST by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: bitt
I got chur Gorebal Warning rite cheer:


13 posted on 02/08/2021 3:22:30 PM PST by Paladin2
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Raze all those massive carbon footprint homes on Martha’s Vineyard and turn it into a wind farm. The seagulls will love it!


14 posted on 02/08/2021 3:41:11 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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Ismay, there’s a pig Latin name...


15 posted on 02/08/2021 3:46:05 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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Battery powered cars charged by wind and solar energy.

Somebody is going to be late for work.


16 posted on 02/08/2021 3:53:45 PM PST by joshua c (Dump them all. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon, cable tv, natl name brands)
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To: WVNan

A theory. Global warming theory. They always leave that last word out.


17 posted on 02/08/2021 3:56:15 PM PST by joshua c (Dump them all. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon, cable tv, natl name brands)
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Communist Massachusetts has been one of the leading forces in the USA indoctrinating millions upon millions into Leftist tyranny for many many years. Sadly, it’s paid off for the tyrants.


18 posted on 02/08/2021 4:07:09 PM PST by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. )
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#3
Can’t some MA Patriots push him back into a locker?


19 posted on 02/08/2021 4:45:37 PM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now!)
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Maybe a way to augment abortions .... let the ones that slip through the abortion gauntlet freeze to death.


20 posted on 02/08/2021 4:48:10 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Corrupt Slow Joe Biden is the Bolshevik sock puppet.)
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