THIS WEEK DONALD TRUMP SIGNED A SLEW OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS
PAVING THE WAY TO DESTROY VIRTUALLY ALL OF BARACK OBAMA'S
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST
CHANGES.
THE FIRST IS PAVING THE WAY TO ELIMINATE THE CLEAN POWER
PLAN.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO OVERSTATE HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS
IN TERMS OF OUR COMMITMENT TO
REACHING THE GOAL SET BY THE PARIS CLAIMANT ACCORD.
TO TAKING
RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE
CHANGE AND GLOBAL TEMPERATURES.
HERE IS WHAT IT IS.
THAT IS JUST
A PART OF WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR OUR TOTAL CARBON EMISSIONS.
IT
IS A SET OF STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING POWER
PLANTS AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO DESTROY IT.
NEXT IS ALSO IMPORTANT.
CHANGING CARBON STANDARDS FOR NEW COAL
PLANTS.
OBAMA HAD STRINGENT REGULATIONS ON POWER PLANTS, AND
EVEN MORE STRINGENT ONCE A NEW
COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS.
IT HELPED TO PHASE OUT 15,000 MW OF
COAL POWERED ELECTRICITY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS AFFECTING
THAT.
AGAIN THEY CAN'T JUST IMMEDIATELY GET RID OF THEM, BUT
THEY CAN DRASTICALLY CHANGE THE
REQUIREMENTS AND IN A WAY GETTING RID OF THESE
REGULATIONS.
THE NEXT IS METHANE
EMISSIONS REGULATIONS.
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS OBAMA DID WAS
CHANGE THE ABILITY OF COMPANIES TO SIMPLY RELEASE METHANE.
METHANE IS SMALLER BY VOLUME, BUT ITS EFFECT ON GLOBAL CLIMATE
CHANGE IS STRONGER PER UNIT
VOLUME.
THEY ARE GOING TO POTENTIALLY DESTROY THAT AND
MAKE IT EASIER FOR COMPANIES TO
EMIT IT.
WE ACTUALLY SAW IN CALIFORNIA, A MASSIVE METHANE
LEAK.
YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE IT
DOES ALMOST IN REAL TIME.
HERE IS A QUOTE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES.
WHEN YOU REMOVE THAT
ROLE, NOW THEY CAN EMAIL ALL THE METHANE THEY WANT AND THEY DON'T
HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
THAT IS BASICALLY SAYING HAVE AT IT,
HOSS.
IT'S EVEN MORE DAMAGING THAN CARBON.
YEAH.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT IT IS 86 TIMES MORE DANGEROUS TO THE
ENVIRONMENT.
THE NEXT IS CHANGING THE CALCULATIONS OF THE
SOCIAL COST OF CARBON.
THIS
DOESN'T GET TALKED ABOUT MUCH.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT IT IS FAR
MORE COSTLY THAN THAT.
THEY MIGHT AS WELL GET RID OF THAT ENTIRELY THANKS TO THIS
NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER BY DONALD TRUMP.
I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
THAT IS ABOUT THE FREE MARKET.
IF YOU CREATE A PRODUCT AND IT HAS A BYPRODUCT, YOU SHOULD PAY
FOR THE COST OF THAT BYPRODUCT.
YOU SHOULD NOT FORCE THE PUBLIC
TO PAY FOR THAT COST.
WE DIDN'T PROFIT OFF YOUR PRODUCT, YOU
DID.
YOU SHOULD HEAR THE ACTUAL COST OF YOUR PRODUCT.
LET'S SAY
ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS IS DOING
MONEY BY DOING SOMETHING TO HIS PROPERTY, BUT ALL THE POLLUTION
GOES TO YOUR HOUSE.
AND HE SAYS
I DON'T CARE.
BUT THEN HE SAYS YOU SHOULD PAY TO CLEAN IT UP.
IN A CRONY CAPITALIST, THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULD SAY THAT
I GAVE MAKE CAMPAIGN DONATIONS
AND YOU DIDN'T, SO YOU CAN SUFFER.
THAT IS NOT FREE MARKET,
AND IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT FAIR.
IF YOU MAKE A PRODUCT AND IT HAS A BYPRODUCT, YOU SHOULD PAY
THAT COST.
IN TERMS OF POLLUTION IT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
AND
THEY WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON
THAT.
OBAMA STOPPED ALL THAT, HE PUT A MORATORIUM ON IT FOR A
PERIOD OF A FEW YEARS.
NOW THEY ARE GOING TO OPEN IT UP.
THAT IS
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY CAN DO TODAY IF THEY WANT.
THE NEXT IS
INVESTIGATING ANYTHING THAT
INHIBITS ENERGY PRODUCTION.
EVERY ONE OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS, THEY WANT THEM TO LOOK AT ANY ROLE THAT CAN
INHIBIT ENERGY PRODUCTION OF ANY
KIND.
THAT IS THE TODDLER-ISH LANGUAGE THEY ARE USING.
WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS IS INHIBIT THE PROFITS OF OUR
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS.
WE WILL NOT ALLOW IT, WE HAVE TO REMOVE
THE INHIBITORS.
YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO PAY THE COST.
FINALLY TWO THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN THIS, IT DOESN'T SAY
WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE PARIS
CLIMATE ACCORDS, AND THEY HAVEN'T YET TAKEN AWAY THE EPA'S
ABILITY TO REGULATE CARBON
EMISSIONS AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT.
THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG BOYS, AND THEY MIGHT BE COMING.
AS THEY EXPLAIN IN THE BEGINNING OF EVERY ARTICLE THAT
COVERS THIS, THIS IS ABOUT THE OMISSIONS FOR RULES ON POWER
PLANTS, MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL
COAL LEASING, ETC.
ñ DOES ANYONE THINK THE REPUBLICANS WOULD EVER
MAKE ANY OF THAT STUFF SAFER AND SAY CORPORATIONS YOU WILL HAVE
TO PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THAT
POISON IN THE AIR?
SOME OF THE STUFF WE WILL DO MORE AND SOME
LESS REGULATION.
NO ONE EXPECTS THAT.
IF YOU DO, YOU ARE A FOOL.
ALL THEY DO IS LESS REGULATION,
LESS COST ON THE COMPANY, MORE COST ON YOU.
EVERY.
SINGLE.
TIME.
AND IN THIS CASE EVERY RULE THEY PASSED WAS FOR LESS
SAFETY, LESS PROTECTION OF
CONSUMERS, AND MORE MAXIMIZING PROFIT FOR CORPORATIONS
THAT
DONATED.