Bernie Sanders calls new EPA rules "one of the most ambitious efforts by the Obama administration"

[Cali_Democrat]

Last edited Tue Jun 3, 2014, 07:37 PM - Edit history (1)

From Bernie's website:

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it will seek to cut greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants 30 percent by 2030. It is one of the most ambitions efforts by the Obama administration to address climate change. Sen. Bernie Sanders welcomed the initiative, but he said real progress on global warming has been blocked by Republicans in Congress who have thwarted every measure to confront a planetary crisis that they deny is happening. “I applaud the EPA’s proposal for common-sense standards to reduce the carbon pollution that causes global warming. Much more must be done to avoid a planetary crisis, but reducing emissions from dirty coal-fired power plants is a good step. Shutting down old, dirty power plants and replacing them with solar, wind and other renewable and sustainable sources of energy will also create hundreds of thousands of jobs and save consumers billions of dollars,” Sanders said.

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Vermont is the only state not covered under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule proposed today because the state does not have any fossil fuel-fired power plants. Under the proposal, Vermont may collaborate with other states in the New England region to meet a multi-state goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

In unveiling the proposal, the Obama administration specifically cited Efficiency Vermont as a model for utilities around the country. Efficiency Vermont provides technical assistance, rebates, and other financial incentives to help Vermont households and businesses become more energy-efficient in order to reduce their energy costs.

“Vermont is leading the way,” Sanders said. I congratulate Efficiency Vermont for being cited as a national model and for other efforts underway in Vermont to address global warming.”

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/epa-proposes-new-emissions-rule

[Cali_Democrat]

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[riqster]

2. Good on him and the Obama administration.

[Jamaal510]

3. K&R

[JoeyT]

4. K&R

Probably one of the most ambitious efforts to that end of any administration.

[Cha]

5. Well I'm glad Sen Sanders said it. This is just one of the reasons

I support Pres Obama. thanks Cali

[daleanime]

6. kick, kick, kick.....

[Andy823]

7. K&R nt

[Cha]

8. And, the NYT on this..

[Uncle Joe]

9. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Cali_Democrat.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

10. Kick. Rec.

fucking pukes blocking everything the last 6 years.

[davidthegnome]

11. Seems like a good idea.

I'd like to see some discussion though, of a comprehensive report regarding the dangers of supposedly "clean" natural gas. Primarily - how much methane are they leaking into the atmosphere overall? It's suspected that it's well above what the EPA and the industry claim - but how far above? We may go ahead and shut down coal fired power plants, only to realize that "clean natural gas" was a much greater threat all along.

This is something that really isn't getting the attention or the consideration it deserves. It's entirely possible that our new methods for producing gas are even worse than the old ones - no matter what the industry says.

[rhett o rick]

12. Bravo for both Sen Sanders and Pres Obama. Thanks for posting. nm