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"Americas?"

Ye well someonoe made a typo, but on the graph itself it says the united states. Still the graph is accurate. You are the second worst polluters so you need to do something.

We've done a LOT over the years, our own environment is quite clean. Sorry, it's China's turn and India's.

Your still the number 2 polluter by volume, india does not come close. Per person you are number 1. And you haven't done anything. China outpaces you in green energy production by far. They are aiming to go 35% green by 2030 and are well underway, while you want to relive the glory days of coal.

Dammit! It's not a typo! The Americas includes us for one. We're here, we're dirty too. But only on a per capita basis.The whole childish nonsense of "He's worse than I am." is going to kill us all.

Amuse me Faith: So you are saying that we can't take action because other countries are not taking action.ROFLOLEnjoy

It is a huge cost to the economy to do what the Left requires of us and there is no need since we've already done lots for the environment and continue to do it. We have no reason to sacrifice our economy for the Left's political ends (which are clearly aimed at destroying America by whatever means possible). Go bug China.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

Trump's undoing what we've achieved as fast as he can.Redirect Notice

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When U.S. government scientists released their latest volume of the National Climate Assessment, it revealed much about the robust, sobering scientific consensus on climate change. It also revealed the striking disconnect between President Donald Trump and essentially every authoritative institution on the threat of global warming. The president rejected the assessment's central findingsbased on thousands of climate studies and involving 13 federal agenciesthat emissions of carbon dioxide are caused by human activities, are already causing lasting economic damage, and have to be brought rapidly to zero.

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"I don't believe it. No, no, I don't believe it," Trump said. Immediately, his cabinet members launched attacks on the report, portraying it as "alarmist" and clinging to Trump's agenda of fossil fuel energy expansion that the science says is at the root of the problem.

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Suppressing climate and related science. In almost every agency overseeing energy, the environment and health, Trump selected top officials who dispute the mainstream consensus on the urgency of climate action. People with little scientific background, or strong ties to industries they would be regulating, were appointed to scientific leadership positions. One of the administration's first actions was to order scientists and other employees at EPA and other agencies to halt public communications. Several federal scientists working on climate change have said they were silenced, sidelined or demoted. At least threea senior employee at the Department of Interior, one at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and another at the National Park Serviceinvoked whistleblower protections. Independent science advisors, such as members of the EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors, have also been sidelined. Scientific content on government websites has been altered and the public's access to data reduced. Climate data from the government's open portal website was removed. So was the EPA's climate change website. The words "climate change" have been purged from government reports, and other reports have been buried, including by officials at the Department of Agriculture. The administration even edited a major Defense Department report to downplay its climate findings. Through speeches and tweets, the president has repeatedly spread misinformation to the public through his climate denial and denigration of renewable energy.

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EPA, meanwhile, is working to finalize its proposal to suppress the types of scientific evidence the agency can use in writing its rules. This includes prohibiting the use of well-established, long-term scientific studies underpinning the nation's air pollution rules, a change the fossil fuel industry had sought for years. Known as the "secret science" rule, it has been lambasted by scientists and health experts worldwide. Related, the White House issued a memo offering new ways for fossil fuel and other industries to challenge science-based policies.

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Undermining clean energy development and energy efficiency. In its budget proposals, the Trump administration has made clear its resolve to retreat from a federal role in advancing a clean energy economy and maintaining global leadership in the technology. It has proposed repeatedly to radically slash funding for the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), a move that would cripple support for novel and promising technologies for advanced wind turbines, high-tech materials, energy-efficient buildings and more. He has tried to eliminate tax credits for electric vehicles and made several attempts to eliminate the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, an incubator for cutting-edge energy research and development. Congress has largely rebuffed this scale of funding cut.

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And they are stepping up to the plate after we dropped the ball.India Announces Stronger Climate Action | NRDC

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India is one of the few countries on its way to meet its Nationally Determined Commitments stated in the Paris Agreement in 2015. Speaking at the Climate Action Summit in New York, Prime Minister Modi announced an ambitious plan for India’s climate actions, including a massive scale-up of renewable energy.

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As Prime Minister Modi said: the scale of global action required to combat climate change is still lackingWe need a comprehensive approach to include values, lifestyles, and development priorities to combat climate change. He added that India has come with a strong roadmap and is taking concrete steps domestically.

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China is on track to meet its climate change goals nine years early | New Scientist

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China appears on track to reach its carbon goals up to nine years earlier than planned under the Paris agreement, in a potential huge boost for efforts to tackle climate change.

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The world’s biggest polluter accounts for a quarter of humanity’s emissions today, making the nation a crucial part of any efforts to avoid dangerous global warming.

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Now an analysis has found that China’s emissions could peak at 13 to 16 gigatonnes of CO2 between 2021 and 2025, making what the researchers call a a great contribution to meeting the Paris deal’s goal of limiting temperature rises to 2C. The official target is a peak by around 2030".

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Addressing climate change is addressing an existential threat. Every year we delay it gets more expensive. It's costing us many billions per7hear.China is doing their part. Trump is fighting to make the problem worse.

Well fuck the planet, fuck the future, it costs too much. We have to pay for wars and let the billionaires play, that is more important than our children's future.
You people offend me.

Clean energy isn't necessarily a cost to the economy. Ask a company that sells solar panels and the people they employ.

Again you amuse me Faith, right on cue ...

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The idea that climate change is too expensive to fix is a more subtle form of climate denial. Economists, however, suggest we could fix climate change now by spending 1% of world GDP. Perhaps even less if the cost savings from improved human health and expansion of the global green economy are taken into account. But if we don’t act now, by 2050 it could cost over 20% of world GDP.

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The International Monetary Fund estimates that efficient fossil fuel pricing would lower global carbon emissions by 28%, fossil fuel air pollution deaths by 46%, and increase government revenue by 3.8% of the country’s GDP.

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So still using bad/wrong arguments. I'll gladly donate 1% of my income to fight climate change, in fact I have already donated significantly more than that to help make up for self-centered and selfish people that want to wallow in coal ash, CO2 etc.Enjoy

Roosevelt said it, and it would be difficult to ask him, but I'd say that it's a detriment to the well being and sustainability of the U.S. to have a confusion of languages, to have more and more inhabitants who know little or nothing of U.S. history and foundings. $22 trillion in debt. And the incentive it gives its receivers to vote for Democrats. Many U.S. soldiers who helped win WW2 were raised in poverty. Rich families? A lot of spoiled kids end up as drug addicts. How well do people do who are raised in families of gay parents? If all these statistics were added up, I think your position would come up short. The biggest problem the U.S. has with illegal immigration is from Mexico and Central America, and Cuba. From socialist / communist governments. And voting for Democrats. "Delight" is a big red flag about climate change in general, climate change advocates simply can't hide it. There is clear enthusiasm among climate change alarmists. They have an obvious incentive to be happy about it, they've made great strides in the past 3 years at increasing fear about it, and the delight is in the political action they hope it brings, either in financial incentives for themselves, or, more commonly, the satisfaction they seek in bringing down successful, active, free people. If you don't understand how a major government takeover of energy production and public use of energy could become corrupted, I'd just ask you to open a history book. But here's a start, the Bill of Rights contains these few phrases, directed at Congress;

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Congress shall make no law; ...shall not be infringed; ...No soldier shall;...shall not be violated;... No person shall be held;...shall not be construed

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U.S. history doesn't seem to indicate that there were scores of people asking "What, what???? Was evidence do founders have to not trust Congress? Are they not elected by the people?" The answer is of course, that they knew something about European history, and about human nature. It means we should very carefully watch government ones. That's all on corruption possibilities, and the cost it could have, for now. I'd like to see if any of my other opponents would care to enlighten you, or pile on me. Could be a nice, additional gauge on liberal dishonesty. I think a greater tipping point will come concerning increasing, unsustainable U.S. debt. Though everyone I ask runs and hides from the question, there's little doubt that one major "solution" to climate change is the discontinuation of the use of older fossil fuel equipment, from lawnmowers, to construction equipment, to older cars and trucks. I don't believe a country with $22 trillion of debt can afford to waste useful products on a huge scale that would be required to make any difference in climate, or satisfy the hate and jealousy of so many idle Americans who orgasm at the thought of new government commands. I'm not feeling as optimistic today, I'd better concede that one.

I'll let that one pass, but thanks for saying it! And 5 green dots too! Yes it did, since you didn't address one bit of it. VERY, VERY GOOD! If the government wouldn't have meddled, the health insurance companies wouldn't have profited from it. I'll be keeping an eye out for another brilliant flash from you, sometime in the next..... 5 years or so I hope.

Complain to the Republicans. And their massive giveaways to the rich.Edited by JonF, : No reason given.Edited by JonF, : No reason given.