Biden’s Empty Environmentalism

No doubt, the 46th President of the United States got off to a terrible start by signing over 40 executive orders on the first few days of his administration!

What a fool!

"... The pipeline, which would have carried 830,000 barrels of crude oil from the sands of Alberta down to the U.S. Gulf Coast, was set to be the first-ever carbon-neutral project of its kind: its developer, TC Energy Corporation, had committed to achieving “net zero emissions across the project operations,” spending $1.7 billion on renewable-energy sources to build and operate the entire initiative, making Keystone “the most sustainable and environmentally friendly pipeline project that has ever been built,” in the words of the project’s president. ..."

Biden’s Keystone XL Cancellation Does Nothing for Climate Policy Shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline shows the new president’s preference for symbolism over substance on environmental policy.

The U.S. Senate Climate Change Hoax

Posted: 1/25/2015

Trigger

I was stunned to learn this week e.g. here and here that the U.S. Senate voted 98 to 1 to following language: “AMENDMENT PURPOSE:

To express the sense of the Senate that climate change is real and not a hoax.” (emphasis added)

I guess, the citizens of this country should be happy that the following, longer, proposed statement included in the same amendment was not accepted: “SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE.

It is the sense of the Senate that climate change--

(1) is real;

(2) is caused by humans;

(3) is urgent; and

(4) is solvable.

” (emphasis added)

Here is the official roll call web page.

Expedient To Pass Keystone XL Legislation

Perhaps, this was one of the motivations for this vote, but expediency may come back to haunt.

In Jest

Senator Inhofe is reported as saying “Climate is changing and climate has always changed”,  the Senator meant only to say climate change is real, because it happens all the time. I do not know how many U.S. Senators voted along these lines.

Well, this overwhelming vote will be taken serious by the many environmentalists.

Consequences Of An Irresponsible Vote

Well, the environmentalists among us will run full force with this victory. If U.S. Senator Inhofe later votes against environmental measures, he will be reminded.

If the U.S. Senators who voted for this language were not serious they should have had the guts to say so and modify the language.