Obama, on the fires: "Vote like your life depends on it - because it does"

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2 hours ago, Chromatican said:

And what the **** did Obama do in terms of climate change?

Obama was committed to clean energy, climate progress, and protecting our natural heritage:

1. National climate progress

His Clean Power Plan was the first ever national limit on carbon pollution from its largest source. It sent a signal to states and utilities, which is now transforming the way we produce energy. Obama also used his office to educate Americans about the dangers of climate change with major speeches and TV appearances. He leaned in.

2. An international climate agreement

President Obama's diplomatic leadership, and work with China, led to a long-sought global agreement among 195 nations to reduce climate pollution.

3. Pollution limits for power plants

The Obama Administration put in place overdue pollution limits for power plant smokestacks. These are major sources of air toxics like mercury, as well sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which lead to smog, soot, and acid rain pollution.

4. Reducing air pollution from oil and gas operations

We now have common sense protections for oil and gas development that avoid waste and protect public health and the environment by reducing emissions of smog-forming pollution while conserving a valuable domestic energy resource. These safeguards reduce methane, which drives one-quarter of current global warming, and save almost $2 billion worth of American energy.     

5. Cleaner cars and trucks

The Obama EPA enhanced fuel efficiency and sensible pollution standards for vehicles. Consumers are saving money at the same time that we're reducing greenhouse gas emissions, our communities are breathing cleaner air, and auto manufacturing in America is resurgent. Cars are now on a path to average over 50 miles per gallon.

6. Clean energy investment

Way back in 2009, the "stimulus" package not only helped us out of the Great Recession, it invested billions in clean energy technology. These programs have paid for themselves and made the American government $1 billion in interest payments, while also helping to make wind and solar energy more affordable in the last eight years, as deployment has soared.

7. Chemical safety

Obama signed the first major environmental law in two decades, passed with bipartisan support, fixing our broken chemical safety system.

8. Sustainable agriculture, western water, and endangered species

President Obama established regional Climate Hubs and several initiatives to help farmers, ranchers and rural communities combat climate change and adapt to extreme weather. He signed a landmark agreement with Mexico providing greater flexibility in the management and restoration of the Colorado River, which allowed the river to reach the sea for the first time in decades. And he brought industry, environmentalists and private landowners together across 11 states to voluntarily protect the greater sage grouse and avoid a listing.

9. Fisheries rebound

Through strong implementation of revisions to the national fisheries law, under President Obama the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reduced overfishing and recovered a record number of fisheries in US waters. Catch shares now govern more than half the volume of fish landed in the United States and have prompted the dramatic recovery of previously overfished species such as Gulf of Mexico red snapper and several Pacific rockfishes.

10. Protecting our natural heritage

Obama preserved 260 million acres for future generations, more than any of his predecessors, by designating 19 national monuments. He signed into law and began implementing the RESTORE Act, the nation's largest-ever commitment to protect and restore the Gulf Coast.

 

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2 hours ago, Chromatican said:

So this must mean Joe Biden supports the Green New Deal?

Biden’s has an economic recovery plan, which includes his new climate plan. Biden’s campaign rolled out the Build Back Better agenda recently to address economic recovery for small businesses and families.

The new $2 trillion climate plan sets a target for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, which would balance out the emission and removal of greenhouse gases that warm the planet. His plan would make the electricity sector free of carbon pollution by 2035; make all new U.S.-made buses zero-emissions by 2030; set a goal for disadvantaged communities to receive 40% of benefits from "clean energy" and infrastructure spending; and create a net-zero emissions standard for all new commercial buildings by 2030. 

Biden is aiming to move toward a less carbon-intensive economy by creating millions of jobs to help reshape the country’s energy, transportation and infrastructure sectors, with workers being able to join unions and collectively bargain. 

Samantha Gross, director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at the Brookings Institution, said Biden’s plan is "ambitious but possible."

"In order to get this done, it depends tremendously on what happens with the congressional elections as well," Gross said.

In addition, the new plan includes a proposal to create an Environmental and Climate Justice Division within the Justice Department. That idea was previously proposed by Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who made climate change central to his presidential bid. Inslee supports Biden’s new approach.

The Sunrise Movement, which supported Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary, in April called on Biden to adopt the frameworks of the Green New Deal. When Biden released the new plan July 14, the group tweetedits support. 

[GagaSine 7,464]

Okay honey but why did you approve all those pipelines then... 

you can‘t take bribes from oil companies with one hand and wave a ‘save the environment’ flag with the other 

[Sister 9,907]

I am so sick and tired. I don't see any person in office that cares about any of the dangerous strife going on in our world, they all only use moments of peril to their own personal gain and party gain, all don't have humanities personal interest at heart. Sickening. It's going to only come down to us little people in an uprising, not willing to take these false people representing us any longer and changing our world. I don't choose any side honestly. Our politicians are all hypocrites and want to be celebrities with the most regard. None of them think that the citizens of the world below them matter, it's only about power and money to them, also virtue signaling.

Our world is in for it. No kidding.

[Pennywise 36,080]

I hope y'all know that the whole renewable energy industry is backed by fossil fuel lobbyists by the way, since 100% renewable energy is not viable and requires fossil fuel as backup. 

In the near future, since there is no revolutionary technology regarding renewable energy (yes, putting solar panels everywhere does not work, will probably never work since we do not have the means to store the generated energy effectively), the only way to go fossil-fuel-free is to go nuclear. But no one wants to hear that 

[Lion Heart 15,041]

I really hate this. 

*Police brutality happens in a Democrat city*

Democrat response: "VOTE guys!!" (As if their city isn't run almost entirely by Democrats). Though Republicans always sink to the bottom by saying "Well maybe he deserved it..?"  

The point is this looks opportunistic and disingenuous. Like how is voting for a Democrat in a Democrat city and state going to prevent... forest fires... I mean it's HAPPENING right now.