Occupy Corporatism
by Susanne Posel
This week, President Obama spoke at Georgetown University to unveil his administration’s plans to combat climate change which include regulation of coal plants, building sea walls for defense against rising sea levels, energy efficiency for residences and commercial buildings and governmental permits for energy efficiency on government owned lands.
Obama declared since Americans “across the country are already paying the price for inaction” against climate change, than preparing a carbon taxing scheme would not matter when weighed against the potentials.
The 3 part plan Obama announced was in response to the threat to American cities against the ravages of storms and droughts that have altered the landscape of our nation.
Obama exclaimed: “The question now is whether we will have the courage to act before it is too late.”
There was a call for Congress to stop supporting coal-plants abroad; with the exception of under-developed nations as long as the technologies were kept clean.
Responding to those who do not believe that human activity is the sole cause of climate change, Obama said he “doesn’t have much patience.”
Obama said: “As a president, as a father and as an American, I am here to say we need to act. I don’t have much patience for anyone who denies that this challenge is real. We don’t have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society.”
The president continued: “While we may not live to see the full realization of our ambition, we will have the satisfaction of knowing that the world we leave to our children will be better off for what we did.”
The Obama administration would take out an $8 billion loan with federal guarantees to invest in “green technologies”.
The loan package will limit carbon pollution for coal plants and later rules for new plants to be built with the assistance of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Obama stated that “power plants can still dump unlimited amounts of carbon pollution into our air for free. It needs to stop.”
With regard to the Keystone Pipeline project, Obama said : “Allowing the Keystone pipeline to be built requires a finding that doing so would be in our nation’s interests. Our national interest would be served only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution. The net effects of the pipeline’s impact on the climate will be absolutely critical to deciding whether this project goes forward.”
The fear of rising sea levels has prompted a drastic goal of cutting CO2 emissions by 17% by 2020; although alarmist scientists claim this will not be enough.
Claims based on predictive models states that actions taken now will not avert the expected global warming catastrophe that will come to pass in the next few decades.
According to Climate Action Tracker (CAT), current policies will not lead to the halting of the effects of global warming because governmental response across the globe has been too slow and not stringent enough.
Daniel Schrag, geochemist and head of Harvard University’s Center for the Environment and a member of the presidential science panel, explained: “Everybody is waiting for action. The one thing the president really needs to do now is to begin the process of shutting down the conventional coal plants. Politically, the White House is hesitant to say they’re having a war on coal. On the other hand, a war on coal is exactly what’s needed.”
Earlier this month, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that he will champion a $20 billion dollar project to combat climate change and the threat of rising sea levels with the construction of flood gates and levees.
Bloomberg said : “Whether you believe climate change is real or not is beside the point. The bottom line is: We can’t run the risk.”
The document outlines the assessment made by Bloomberg’s office on how to properly combat climate change which includes:
• Rewriting existing building codes
• Structuring public transportation, hospitals, water treatment plants and communities to meet the challenges of global warming
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is in accord with Bloomberg to create digital cities that are climate change friendly. Construction will withstand extreme weather, reroute power during outages, be protected from flooding and assist residents in transportation out of devastated or affected areas.
Bloomberg and Lee have attended a summit to discuss these schemes for their cities that will bring together residents in conjunction with learning to live sustainable lives.
Rosina Bierbaum, presidential science adviser of the National Climate Assessment (NCA) said: “It’s quite striking how much is going on at the municipal level. Communities have to operate in real time. Everybody is struggling with a climate that is no longer the climate of the past.”
Bierbaum asserts that: “Many of the other developed countries have gone way ahead of us in preparing for climate change. In many ways, the US may be playing catch-up.”
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