New EPA chief calls Paris climate accord a 'bad deal'

[TomCADem]

Source: The Hill

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on Sunday blasted the Paris climate agreement, calling it a "bad deal."

"You know, what was wrong with Paris was not just that it was, you know, failed to be treated as a treaty, but China and India, the largest producers of CO2 internationally, got away scot-free," he said during an interview on ABC's "This Week."

"They didn’t have to take steps until 2030. So we’ve penalized ourselves through lost jobs while China and India didn’t take steps to address the issue internationally," he continued.

"So Paris was just a bad deal, in my estimation."

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/325826-pruitt-says-paris-accord-a-bad-deal

[Jonny Appleseed]

1. Yeah because if two people are doing something bad, you should do it too

[democratisphere]

2. EPA aka Environmental Pollution Agency is eliminating anything that

protects the land, sea and air at the expense of the wealthiest and corporations becoming even more obscenely wealthy.

[MiniMe]

3. Of course, wonder if he will sue the EPA again now that he is head of that department

He hasw already sued them 17 times

[mr_lebowski]

4. I seriously doubt that they have to take NO steps until 2030 ...

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They just don't have milestones that kick in before 2030, and we have earlier ones.

Oh well ... They're also much poorer countries overall than we are. That's why the 'deal' on Carbon looks like it does.

Let's not forget that China (CHINA! CHINA! CHINA!) also makes like 80% of the shit that we buy.

Ergo, if Jill & Joe Sixpack wanna keep buying their $9.99 "Salad Shooters" and kids toys and other crap at Walmart ... we have to cut CHINA ... some friggin' slack afa Carbon output goes.