It is no wonder because it would impose the largest tax increase in the history of America. This is the real climate agenda the President chose not to address tonight. Why the pain for no gain? As the Wall Street Journal put it when reporting on just one of the President’s many climate regulations – this is a wealth redistribution scheme being imposed by the President thru the EPA. In the meantime, the President’s agenda will cost our economy $479-billion dollars we will experience a double-digit electricity price increase and tens of thousands of Americans will lose access to well-paying jobs over the course of the next decade.
While he markets these regulations as a means to save us from global warming, a recent NERA study predicts the President’s climate agenda would only reduce CO2 concentration by less than one-half of a percent it would only reduce the average global temperature by less than 2/100th of a degree and it would only reduce the rise of sea levels by 1/100th of an inch – or the thickness of three sheets of paper. The President’s War on Fossil Fuels and nuclear energy is most evident in his unbridled mandates being issued by the EPA. We are experiencing an energy revolution in spite of the President’s policies that are intended to stifle the development of our domestic resources. Our nation’s energy industry deserves the credit for the growth we see today. Tonight we heard the President praise America’s recent economic gains. Senator Inhofe, the new Chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, responds directly to President Obama’s statements about energy and climate. And because the world’s two largest economies came together, other nations are now stepping up, and offering hope that, this year, the world will finally reach an agreement to protect the one planet we’ve got.įor emphasis, this morning President Obama tweets: In Beijing, we made an historic announcement - the United States will double the pace at which we cut carbon pollution, and China committed, for the first time, to limiting their emissions. I am determined to make sure American leadership drives international action. And that’s why I will not let this Congress endanger the health of our children by turning back the clock on our efforts. That’s why we’ve set aside more public lands and waters than any administration in history.
That’s why, over the past six years, we’ve done more than ever before to combat climate change, from the way we produce energy, to the way we use it. The Pentagon says that climate change poses immediate risks to our national security. The best scientists in the world are all telling us that our activities are changing the climate, and if we do not act forcefully, we’ll continue to see rising oceans, longer, hotter heat waves, dangerous droughts and floods, and massive disruptions that can trigger greater migration, conflict, and hunger around the globe. But you know what - I know a lot of really good scientists at NASA, and NOAA, and at our major universities. I’ve heard some folks try to dodge the evidence by saying they’re not scientists that we don’t have enough information to act. Now, one year doesn’t make a trend, but this does - 14 of the 15 warmest years on record have all fallen in the first 15 years of this century. Here are the relevant text excerpts:Ģ014 was the planet’s warmest year on record. The Carbon Brief provides a good summary, including a video link. Last night, President Obama’s State of the Union address included some fairly substantial words on climate change. President Obama’s State of the Union address, and the reactions from opposing politicians and the media, illustrate the raw politics of climate change in the U.S.
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