All:
I am quite sure that there are others who feel differently about this
nomination.
Richard
On 12/10/2016 4:57 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
Cole writes: "Trump's nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt
to head the Environmental Protection Agency is a slap in the face of every
American who cares about the environment in this country."
Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma's former attorney general was picked by Trump to lead
the EPA. (photo: AP)
How We Can Fight Back Against Trump's Anti-EPA
By Juan Cole, Informed Comment
09 December 16
Trump's nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the
Environmental Protection Agency is a slap in the face of every American who
cares about the environment in this country. Pruitt has repeatedly sued the
EPA for doing its job. He is a climate change denialist (which means he is
either corrupt or not very bright or both). He doesn't really think the
environment needs any protection and is perfectly happy to gut it on behalf
of his corporate clients.
As a species, we only have a window of 10 or 15 years to get our act
together re: climate change in order to avoid catastrophe, and Pruitt will
eat up at least 4 of those precious years. Pruitt is literally a dodo.
With regard to fighting global warming, the American public is at best now
on its own. At worse, the federal government will change its laws so as to
encourage activities that make the environment dirtier, more dangerous and
hotter.
We're on our own.
But 320 million Americans can fight back against Pruitt.
Some 25% of buildings in the US are not insulated. If you have any influence
over such an un-insulated building, push to have insulation put in. The US
would save enormously on carbon emissions if this were done.
If we can take public transportation to and from work and the market that is
the best option. Or carpool with colleagues.
Where that is impossible, and where we can afford it, we should buy an
electric car or plug-in hybrid as our next vehicle. In the first half of
2016 consumers only bought 64,000 electric vehicles. That is an average of
128,000 electric vehicles per year. It isn't nearly enough. These are great
cars. I don't understand the resistance to them. Get one, just to protest
Pruitt.
The next generation of EVs is dramatically superior to its predecessors. The
Tesla 3 and the Chevy Bolt both will cost around $29,0000 after the Federal
tax break (get it while you can). And they get around 200 miles on a charge.
That should take care of 99% of your driving needs. (Where it doesn't cover
them, rent a car occasionally.) These cars have plenty of pick-up for
merging onto highway traffic.
There are now a million EV's on the roads throughout the world. Their
technology has improved to the point where they meet the goal of keeping
temperatures to a rise of no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. (Some climate
scientists are afraid if temperatures go up more than that, it will disrupt
the world's weather system in dramatic ways that will interfere with the
functioning of civilization). Note that there are 1.2 billion combustion
engine cars on the road, so a million EVs is a drop in the bucket. But 120
million would be 10 percent. Pick up the pace, folks, if you want to combat
Trumpism.
Where you own your own home (over half of Americans do), and where you can
afford to do so, and where it makes sense, put solar panels on your roof. If
you will be in your home for 10 years, you will make money this way. You'll
make money even faster if you combine having the solar panels with having an
electric car. The US has an installed solar capacity of 31.6 gigawatts,
which can power 6.2 million American households. (That is out of 124 million
American households; i.e. the equivalent of 5% now have solar panels).
Lobby your electric utility to use more green energy. Where you are given
the opportunity to do so, choose green energy for the energy mix at your
home.
Use compact fluorescent lights. Get an energy audit of your home. Reduce
consumption of red meat. Plant trees or donate to have the Nature
Conservancy do it.
If we really want to fight Trump, we may have to make these changes without
any tax break incentives. We might even have to pay for the privilege. But
fighting Trump isn't easy or cheap. On the other hand if we don't fight him,
our environment will suck after a while, and our grandchildren will suffer,
very badly.
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Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma's former attorney general was picked by Trump to lead
the EPA. (photo: AP)
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How We Can Fight Back Against Trump's Anti-EPA
By Juan Cole, Informed Comment
09 December 16
rump's nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the
Environmental Protection Agency is a slap in the face of every American who
cares about the environment in this country. Pruitt has repeatedly sued the
EPA for doing its job. He is a climate change denialist (which means he is
either corrupt or not very bright or both). He doesn't really think the
environment needs any protection and is perfectly happy to gut it on behalf
of his corporate clients.
As a species, we only have a window of 10 or 15 years to get our act
together re: climate change in order to avoid catastrophe, and Pruitt will
eat up at least 4 of those precious years. Pruitt is literally a dodo.
With regard to fighting global warming, the American public is at best now
on its own. At worse, the federal government will change its laws so as to
encourage activities that make the environment dirtier, more dangerous and
hotter.
We're on our own.
But 320 million Americans can fight back against Pruitt.
Some 25% of buildings in the US are not insulated. If you have any influence
over such an un-insulated building, push to have insulation put in. The US
would save enormously on carbon emissions if this were done.
If we can take public transportation to and from work and the market that is
the best option. Or carpool with colleagues.
Where that is impossible, and where we can afford it, we should buy an
electric car or plug-in hybrid as our next vehicle. In the first half of
2016 consumers only bought 64,000 electric vehicles. That is an average of
128,000 electric vehicles per year. It isn't nearly enough. These are great
cars. I don't understand the resistance to them. Get one, just to protest
Pruitt.
The next generation of EVs is dramatically superior to its predecessors. The
Tesla 3 and the Chevy Bolt both will cost around $29,0000 after the Federal
tax break (get it while you can). And they get around 200 miles on a charge.
That should take care of 99% of your driving needs. (Where it doesn't cover
them, rent a car occasionally.) These cars have plenty of pick-up for
merging onto highway traffic.
There are now a million EV's on the roads throughout the world. Their
technology has improved to the point where they meet the goal of keeping
temperatures to a rise of no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. (Some climate
scientists are afraid if temperatures go up more than that, it will disrupt
the world's weather system in dramatic ways that will interfere with the
functioning of civilization). Note that there are 1.2 billion combustion
engine cars on the road, so a million EVs is a drop in the bucket. But 120
million would be 10 percent. Pick up the pace, folks, if you want to combat
Trumpism.
Where you own your own home (over half of Americans do), and where you can
afford to do so, and where it makes sense, put solar panels on your roof. If
you will be in your home for 10 years, you will make money this way. You'll
make money even faster if you combine having the solar panels with having an
electric car. The US has an installed solar capacity of 31.6 gigawatts,
which can power 6.2 million American households. (That is out of 124 million
American households; i.e. the equivalent of 5% now have solar panels).
Lobby your electric utility to use more green energy. Where you are given
the opportunity to do so, choose green energy for the energy mix at your
home.
Use compact fluorescent lights. Get an energy audit of your home. Reduce
consumption of red meat. Plant trees or donate to have the Nature
Conservancy do it.
If we really want to fight Trump, we may have to make these changes without
any tax break incentives. We might even have to pay for the privilege. But
fighting Trump isn't easy or cheap. On the other hand if we don't fight him,
our environment will suck after a while, and our grandchildren will suffer,
very badly.
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