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At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warming

Summary: It is going to be announced today (Friday, when the news cycle goes into snooze control) that the Environmental Procrastination Agency will take no further action on auto emissions or greenhouse gases during the George W. reign.

Harry Fuller

By Harry Fuller for GreenTech Pastures |

It is going to be announced today (Friday, when the news cycle goes into snooze control) that the Environmental Procrastination Agency will take no further action on auto emissions or greenhouse gases during the George W. reign. In fact, they will seek much more comment and public input in order to completely study the possible effects of global warming on public health. They will make no ruling.

Fifteen months ago, the US Supreme Court ordered the EPA to decide whether greenhouse gases from auto emissions are a danger to public health. Of course, having no police force or army of its own the Supreme Court has no way to enforce its rulings that run counter to the desires and political intentions of the administration in power. So the final score on this one: EPA 15, SCOTUS 0. No surprise, we can all surmise that on this issue Dick Cheney has a hell of a lot more power than nine guys in long black robes.

ATTITUDE?

You wonder where the EPA gets its attitude? Well, their ultimate boss, President George W told the G8 summiteers in Japan, as he left his final big summit, "Farewell from the world's largest polluter." I think the President was speaking proudly for all of us Americans.

Not sure the President was right, even on this fine point. There is significant evidence that China leads the world in one serious pollutant: CO2. The US, however, does have a lock onthe newest greenhouse gas to cause a panic: NF3. And it may be far worse than CO2 so the President may well be right. We are #1.

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  • Maybe

    Georgie was confused and thought he was in China, . . the "from" was probably his nod to them, . . . though aren't they just second place? Oh well, pollution control is within each persons' grasp to impact at a local level . . if they try enmasse.
    Boot_Agnostic
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    • Amen

      I really dont care what bush, dick, or any other "offical" thinks. I do wish more people would take your view of pollution control. It is the only way anything will every happen.
      Gardul
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  • RE: At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warming

    I do wish ZDnews would dismiss some like you whom has the appears of being the worst of any human being in existance.
    The worst things in the world are verbal and mental attitude slander. You jump on a bandwagon that does not exist about a chemical with no evidence no way to measure as per your previous article.
    You are responsible for giving good information. Everything you have shown / talked about is ir-responsible.
    As my previous talkback : the term "idiot" equals anyone whom belives in "Global Warming"
    Global warming does not EXIST. No proof. No evidence. Nothing nothing we can do will change the atmosphere. The electromagnetic field of the earth is weakening. The atmosphere is increasing. As it increases the gases in the atmosphere must increase. The Ozone layer must "thin" to cover the increased area.
    Please ZDnews stop paying an evil rumor destructor of American Society / companies. Let him go out and earn his cash in a honorable way.
    Monosdeja
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    • Yes it does

      The earth has had natural heating a cooling cycles. The thing that has never been proven is the effect humans have over it. And do we want the goverment to help us? The feds have really helped those in poverty. Since they have started helping those in need the poverty line has grown. The feds have destroyed the edecation system. The really helped Katrina victims. They are currently destroying the dollar and are economy. The R&D party has really done so much for america.
      Gardul
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      • humans effect?

        Since the sun controls the weather on the earth. how can humans effect the local weather. There is no way for that. They can effect local enviroments. Not Globally. 3/4 of the earth is cover in water. A recent study shows the upper atomsphere is cooling because there has been minimum number of solar flares. What happens in the upper atmosphere has an equal opposite effect in the lower atmosphere. If the upper is cooling then the lower will warm. If we can control the sun and the upper atmosphere then we can control the weather globally. But we cant. Global warming does not exist. Those whom support/belive in it = "Idiot"
        Monosdeja
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        • Yeah that is dumb

          I never said they do. Where I agree 100% that the influnce people over the weather will be insigificant to the effect of the sun. It does not mean that we do not have any. It is as arrogant and idiotic to think we have no impact on the enviroment. The point of global warming supporters is that if we change the compistion of the gases in the atmosphere that we will cuase global warming.
          I tend to agree with you that they REALLY underestimate the power of not only the sun, but also the position of the earth in realationship to the sun.
          The think the idea that we need to reduce our emissions to save the earth from global warming is irrelavent. I think we need to take better care of the world so I can breath clean air. But, I am just an idiot.

          BTW you should really look to the lack of sun spot activity to help increase the worries of global cooling as the seem to me consistent with the peroid of time leading up the the "Little Ice Age"
          Gardul
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          • human effect

            ya i love to breathe clean air too. and we should do what we can to keep it that way along with clean water at lakes!
            Monosdeja
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          • "Idiot"

            that is ok, you are on the way to recovery :)
            Monosdeja
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          • :P

            You just assume that I was there :)
            Gardul
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        • RE: humans effect?

          No.. the upper atmosphere is cooling because increasing amounts of thermal energy are being trapped in the lower atmosphere. Green house gases are IR photon absorbers/reradiators, net blockers. Reducing the IR energy inflows reaching the upper atmosphere as GHG concentrations increase.

          If the Sol's output had decreased significantly. Both the lower and upper atmosphere would cool down, That's not happening.

          As for the source of these new GHG's
          Carbon isotope ratios point to a fossil fuel origin.
          Plants, and the animals which feed off of them have a higher ratio of the lighter Carbon 12 veres Carbon 13. Plant photo chemistry prefers to react with the smaller/lighter Carbon 12.

          CO2 that spews out of volcanos, don't have this Isotope ratio skew. Normally the atmospheric C13 ratio is somewhat higher than average, because plants absorb/react more C12 than C13. As humanity burns ever increasing amounts of C12 perferred fossil fuels, this balance is shifting. The history of carbon isotope ratios is recorded in trapped air bubbles in various ICE sheets around the world.

          http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=160

          The science behind fossil fuel based GHG's accelerating AGW is solid as one can get. Only the scienctifically ignorant cling to the denialist positions.
          thetruth_z
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          • atmosphere

            "the upper atmosphere is cooling because increasing amounts of thermal energy are being trapped in the lower atmosphere"

            hmmmm....weather 101...wather is contoler by the upper atmospher = what happens in the upper atmospher has the equal opposite action in the lower atmosphere...not the other way around
            Monosdeja
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  • Thanks

    I will rest easier now. Considering man-made global warming is a
    hoax designed to guilt you into surrendering your freedom, I
    celebrate any time it suffers a setback.
    frgough
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    • .....

      You know you keep spewing the ignorant statement that you give up freedom but have never proven it. I live a very ecologically friendly and green life style and have given up no freedoms at all.

      The only freedoms we are losing are the ones Bush and his Fascist cronies are working to erase. Climate change and negative environmental impact is not a hoax, but your inability to see the reality of our impact on the environment is astounding. The only hoax is our government. ]:)
      Linux User 147560
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      • If . . .

        You get to call Republicans Fascists (Centering on The President and his Administration), does that mean I get to Call Obama and his group Pinko Commie liberal jerks?

        Inquiring minds want to know . . . ;)
        JLHenry
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        • .....

          Sure, since I am not affiliated (think Ron Paul) with them nor do I agree with their premise or policies. ]:)
          Linux User 147560
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          • who?

            Who would wnat to be affiliated or even seen with anyone whom supports global warming in any way or form. (to be thought of as an idiot)
            Monosdeja
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  • RE: At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warming

    What I really don????????t understand about this article is what they should do. It seems like a bunch of sensational whining, praying for our government to fix our problem. Go home do what you can to become green there are great benefits. Then show your friends how it can benefit them. If people see results we can fix the problems. Ask the people of New Orleans if it is a good idea to wait for help form the government.
    I get the feeling from reading this crap that you believe that people are being flown in black helicopters to a secret location, Dick Cheney????????s office, and plotting to destroy the world. Well, it is okay those I am VERY sure that the every person working in the EPA is a Bush crony.
    I am glad that your live is comfortable that you can sit around and ponder the problems that we have caused and cry for someone else to fix them. Gee I hope you have and electric car and stuff.
    Gardul
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    • .....

      Is English a second language for you? Just curious. ]:)
      Linux User 147560
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      • It should be

        Merely a reading disabity plus a lack of multitasking skills.
        Gardul
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        • .....

          Answers my question, thank you. ]:)
          Linux User 147560
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