The Time Has Come to Implement Trump’s Environmental Campaign Promises

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The Trump campaign promises to rationalize Federal Government environmental policy may be about to face their first major test. Trump’s nominee to head the US Environmental Protection Agency was confirmed today by the US Senate. Trump’s strong stand against environmental extremism during the campaign may have been delayed in its implementation by the need to get Scott Pruitt confirmed as EPA Administrator.

But now that Pruitt has been approved, there is no longer any reason to delay further. Kimberley Strassel expressed her concern this morning that Trump may “wimp out” on withdrawing the US from the Paris non-treaty treaty, one of his major promises. Given the lack of any scientific justification for reducing human-caused carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, there is every reason to end US participation in the Paris “treaty” as soon as possible. It is now time to start the process, as well as implementing all his other campaign promises to rationalize US environmental policies.

The Administration needs to rapidly implement President trump’s campaign promises, including withdrawing the US from the so-called Paris climate “Treaty,” abandoning the Obama so-called Clean Power and Climate Action Plans, and withdrawing the Clean Water Rule (which asserts Federal control over small waterways like ponds and streams). Although not promised by Trump, withdrawal of the unjustified EPA Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding would also be an important step towards climate policy rationalization.

But it is also the case that carrying out his campaign promises to curb the policies advocated by climate alarmists is critical to the success of Trump’s larger agenda. Trump has promised more jobs, more infrastructure spending, and tax cuts, all of which will cost the Federal Government money. The easiest source of that money is increased government revenue from the production of fossil fuels, particularly from Federal lands. With a continuation of the scientifically unjustified Obama climate alarmist-based policies, this will be impossible. Private industry is not going to invest in producing fossil fuels on Federal land that cannot be produced, transported to market, or sold because of unjustified claims that this will have adverse effects on climate.

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February 17, 2017 at 03:04PM

Australia “invented airconditioning” but can’t keep them running

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Peter Hartcher points out that the country that invented refrigeration and airconditioning can no longer guarantee to keep them working.

In 1854 [James Harrison of Geelong] invented a commercial ice-making machine. He expanded it into a vapour compression refrigeration system, the basis for modern refrigeration.

“That’s right – an Aussie invented the fridge and it’s first real use was making beer,” remarked the US technology website Gizmodo. “You have to love this country.”

And one more big coal generator shuts down soon in Victoria:

In the next few weeks 4 per cent of Australia’s power supply will vanish when Victoria’s big Hazelwood power station shuts down, clapped out after 50 years of turning coal into electricity. It’ll be the ninth coal-fired power station to close in the past five years. New solar and wind plants are being built, but they are intermittent, and that means they are unreliable.

“Taking out Hazelwood is taking out a big buffer,” says Tony Wood, energy program director at the Grattan Institute policy research centre in Melbourne. And, as we’ve just witnessed, Australia’s power system lacks buffers. “Managing intermittency is an increasing problem.”

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February 17, 2017 at 01:00PM

Solar Cycle 24 Continues Historically Weak Pace and Cosmic Ray on the Rise

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Meteorologist Paul Dorian, Vencore, Inc. Historically weak solar cycle 24 continues to transition away from its solar maximum phase and towards the next solar minimum. There have already been 11 spotless days during 2017 and this follows 32 spotless days … Continue reading →

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February 17, 2017 at 10:18AM

Labor abandons 50% by 2030 renewables target

via Errors in IPCC climate sciencehttp://www.warwickhughes.com/blog

There were signs from Perth a week ago – then the Illawarra Mercury had a crack at it – then on ABC TV The Drum Episode 15 last night Ellen Fanning said “and Labor’s backdown on its renewable energy target”. If anybody sees more on this huge story in the MSM please pass on links.

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February 17, 2017 at 08:13AM