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[Pomerlaw]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...ccc8&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

President Donald Trump is set to sign an order to greatly reduce the role climate change plays in decision making across the U.S. government, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the administration's plan.

The order, which could be signed this week, aims to reverse former Democratic President Barack Obama's broad approach for addressing climate change, the report said. (bloom.bg/2nkDvKo)

The directive will urge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to undo the Clean Power Plan, the Bloomberg report said.

The Clean Power Plan is Obama's centerpiece initiative to combat climate change, requiring states to slash emissions of carbon dioxide, but it was never implemented due to legal challenges launched by several Republican states.

According to the report, the measure would direct U.S. regulators to rescind Obama-era regulations limiting oil industry emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

The order will also involve a reconsideration of the government's use of a metric known as the "social cost of carbon", which weighs the potential economic damage from climate change, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

Trump has long signaled his intention to reverse Obama's climate-change initiatives, but the Republican president has vowed his planned overhaul of green regulation would not jeopardize America's water and air quality.

Reuters reported earlier this month that the White House had proposed to slash a quarter of the EPA's budget, targeting climate-change programs and those designed to prevent air and water pollution like lead contamination.

The Bloomberg report said that some of the changes could happen immediately, while others could take years to implement.

 

[Dishwalla]

Good title.

 

[fluffydelusions]

OP please

 

[BeforeU]

 

[Permanently A]

how can global warming exist if I just had to shovel 2 feet of snow?

checkmate athiests

 

[Ac30]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...ccc8&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Please tell me someone can sue. Anyone.

Also

Reuters reported earlier this month that the White House had proposed to slash a quarter of the EPA's budget, targeting climate-change programs and those designed to prevent air and water pollution like lead contamination.

Like Flint but nationwide, lmao. How shit can one man be. This is straight-up going back to the 80s.

 

[andythinkpad]

I like the thread title.

Just replace it with orange turd.

 

[thekonamicode]

I literally have a box full of ice in my home 12 months a year. Golbal "warming" eh?

 

[L Thammy]

I know that normally we're supposed to hear about the horrible things Trump does and then insult him, but OP's method is honestly a lot more efficient.

 

[How About No]

I mean no matter how true it that's not a great title...

Now some mod had to do the work to a better title

 

[Got]

F Trump U

 

[Geist-]

I was about to say something snarky about the title, but honestly, it's a good representation of how I feel.

 

[Pomerlaw]

Some Trump fanboy edited my title.

lol

 

[Ac30]

New title is misleading. Should be:

Trump to drop environment from environmental reviews

 

[Sinfamy]

Of course climate change, four times a year, they're called seasons.

 

[Sesha]

Can we give America its own little planet to destroy instead of ruining it for the rest of us?

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I'm fucking sick of this animated image. People seem to think that its an equal substitute for substance.

 

[WedgeX]

New title is misleading. Should be:

Trump to drop environment from environmental reviews

I want to laugh but it hurts too much.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Some Trump fanboy edited my title.

lol

Calling a mod a Trump fanboy may not go over too well. Your title didn't exactly give much info what the post was about.

 

[FZZ]

Is Elon Musk still gargling his balls?

 

[sturgboski]

Can we give America its own little planet to destroy instead of ruining it for the rest of us?

Not America, Republicans. Lets give Republicans their own planet. I hear Mercury is nice this time of year.

 

[Mimosa97]

Can we give America its own little planet to destroy instead of ruining it for the rest of us?

If we got rid of China and the US then we could save the planet.

I don't know if they realize how much resentment further generations will harbor towards the countries who are the most responsible for climate change. Like I bet most people think America is gonna go down in history as the savior of the free world, the shining village upon a hill etc... when all people will remember in a few centuries is how America bears most of the responsability for destroying our habitat.

 

[Sesha]

If we got rid of China and the US then we could save the planet.

I don't know if they realize how much resentment further generations will harbor towards the countries who are the most responsible for climate change. Like I bet most people think America is gonna go down in history as the savior of the free world, the shining village upon a hill etc... when all people will remember in a few centuries is how America bears most of the responsability for destroying our habitat.

China for all its problems is at least officially on board with man-made climate change and the need for serious action. AFAIK the US is the only major world power that doesn't want to play ball.

They don't care, neither Trump's government. nor republicans, or even a lot of Americans. I've seen US GAFers act dismissive about how America and Americans are being viewed. Many Americans are not shy about the fact they don't care about the rest of us.

 

[Ac30]

If we got rid of China and the US then we could save the planet.

I don't know if they realize how much resentment further generations will harbor towards the countries who are the most responsible for climate change. Like I bet most people think America is gonna go down in history as the savior of the free world, the shining village upon a hill etc... when all people will remember in a few centuries is how America bears most of the responsability for destroying our habitat.

I don't think Americans care how others view America.

"They hate us 'cause they ain't us!"

 

[CopperPuppy]

And all the media will run with is two pages from his 2005 Form 1040.

All according to keikaku.

 

[Dead Prince]

Some Trump fanboy edited my title.

lol

Well you had a good run.

 

[The Gorby Congressmanz]

If we got rid of China and the US then we could save the planet.

I don't know if they realize how much resentment further generations will harbor towards the countries who are the most responsible for climate change. Like I bet most people think America is gonna go down in history as the savior of the free world, the shining village upon a hill etc... when all people will remember in a few centuries is how America bears most of the responsability for destroying our habitat.

Even though India is worse than the u.s.?

 

[How About No]

Some Trump fanboy edited my title.

lol

Cmon man lets leave the meltdowns for the other side

 

[Sesha]

Even though India is worse than the u.s.?

Nice whataboutism. India also officially accepts the idea of man-made climate change and the need for serious action. On this matter, the U.S. is the main villain.

 

[Maxinas]

We truly have become the bad guys. Well as long as i have you guys to burn in hell with i think i'll be fine, you're all great people.

 

[ZOONAMI]

how can global warming exist if I just had to shovel 2 feet of snow?

checkmate athiests

Lol.

 

[saizo]

Man, is anybody else getting exhausted from all of this? We're like barely 2% of the way through this presidency and my soul is tired.

It's like he has eternal shit-brain stamina or something.

 

[Alcoremortis]

If we got rid of China and the US then we could save the planet.

I don't know if they realize how much resentment further generations will harbor towards the countries who are the most responsible for climate change. Like I bet most people think America is gonna go down in history as the savior of the free world, the shining village upon a hill etc... when all people will remember in a few centuries is how America bears most of the responsability for destroying our habitat.

I wish I shared your optimism.

 

[Ac30]

I wish I shared your optimism.

He's right though. When the heatwaves and super typhoons become a yearly occurrence it'll be hard to deny the realities. Of course, by then we're all fucked anyways.

Unless you meant there won't be further generations in which case never mind.

But thank you America for giving us all a big middle finger, much appreciated.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

If we got rid of China and the US then we could save the planet.

I don't know if they realize how much resentment further generations will harbor towards the countries who are the most responsible for climate change. Like I bet most people think America is gonna go down in history as the savior of the free world, the shining village upon a hill etc... when all people will remember in a few centuries is how America bears most of the responsability for destroying our habitat.

Can't help yourself to slide in that China bit eh?

 

[Mimosa97]

Can't help yourself to slide in that China bit eh?

I was just quoting the two major polluters in the world ?

I know China is heavily investing in renewables though which is better than the direction the US seem to be taking.

 

[Spiral Insanity]

What if China and Europe worked together to implement severe trade sanctions with the US if they did not work to acknowledge and minimize climate change?

 

[AdventureRacing]

Even though India is worse than the u.s.?

It's not. He wasn't just referring to total carbon emissions today.

 

[Ac30]

What if China and Europe worked together to implement severe trade sanctions with the US if they did not work to acknowledge and minimize climate change?

That would be global economic suicide.

 

[SuperBanana]

The entire world needs to crack down hard on this. This is something that will LITERALLY make some countries uninhabitable in the not too distant future.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

That would be global economic suicide.

economic suicide >>>> actual suicide

 

[Hale-XF11]

Man, is anybody else getting exhausted from all of this? We're like barely 2% of the way through this presidency and my soul is tired.

It's like he has eternal shit-brain stamina or something.

For real, I'm already spent. I can't believe we have to endure this for years.

 

[GuessMyUserName]

I really really don't understand how fighting climate change for the benefit of big oil could be a viable plan for any political party. Like you're not just screwing the planet, you're screwing your country's economy. You can't rely on non-renewable resources forever and by doubling down they're only prolonging the necessary transitions they need to take while making it a steeper and steeper hill to climb when they do -- meanwhile the rest of the world's already climbing that mountain. Basically a Nintendo & HD situation, and America's got the future of the Wii U.

 

[BocoDragon]

Still waiting for a single good action by Trump. They're all pure evil.

 

[mAcOdIn]

I wish I shared your optimism.

There'll be more generations, there's not enough buried carbon for us to make the Earth uninhabitable.

I guess we could nuke ourselves to death over scarcer and scarcer resources though!

 

[Muppet of a Man]

There'll be more generations, there's not enough buried carbon for us to make the Earth uninhabitable.

I guess we could nuke ourselves to death over scarcer and scarcer resources though!

Haha, what? Uninhabitable for what is the question. Life will likely carry on no matter how much fossil fuel we burn. The question is whether humans can persist or not in anything resembling modern civilization.

 

[mAcOdIn]

Haha, what? Uninhabitable for what is the question. Life will likely carry on no matter how much fossil fuel we burn. The question is whether humans can persist or not in anything resembling modern civilization.

For humans. Our ancestors went through some rough ass shit too.

That said with our current technological level the stakes would be a lot higher because now we can both wipe each other out and we can actually render unusable the very land we'd be fighting over which is something our ancestors couldn't do. Couple that with how most civilians would likely fair on their own without all the modern amenities and we do have a recipe for disaster. I'm just saying it'd really be us doing ourselves in. Somewhere on the planet there'd be places adequate for humans to live so it wouldn't be nature doing us in. What would do us in would be how bad would the nations of Earth all fight for those places?

 

[Raitosaito]

I really really don't understand how fighting climate change for the benefit of big oil could be a viable plan for any political party. Like you're not just screwing the planet, you're screwing your country's economy. You can't rely on non-renewable resources forever and by doubling down they're only prolonging the necessary transitions they need to take while making it a steeper and steeper hill to climb when they do -- meanwhile the rest of the world's already climbing that mountain. Basically a Nintendo & HD situation, and America's got the future of the Wii U.

Now the Alt right gamergate people will understand

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

What was the original title?

 

[cress2000]

What was the original title?

"F U TRUMP"