“President Trump was right to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement. When withdrawing the Clean Power Plan, Pruitt should make it clear that, independent of its other problems, the Paris Agreement violates the will of Congress and is a betrayal of the American people.”

In explaining why he is withdrawing the Clean Power Plan (CPP), Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto on October 17 that, under the Paris climate change agreement, “China and India don’t have to take any steps with CO₂ [carbon dioxide] reductions until the year 2030.”

In fact, developing countries never have to make emission cuts.

What the climate treaty really says

The Paris Agreement starts:

“The Parties to this Agreement,

• Being Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC]…

• In pursuit of the objective of the [UNFCCC] Convention, and being guided by its principles….”

“Climate change is a major focus of many large foundations. Just about any approach to climate change you can think of is getting funding, and organizations at all levels — local, regional, national, global — are receiving support.”

– “Climate Change – Funders.” Inside Philanthropy. (Website Visit: October 13, 2017)

Right after the election of Donald Trump last November, I posted a provocative piece, 1) Eliminate Obamacare 2) Challenge Private Foundations to Divert all Global Warming Spending to Health Insurance for the Vulnerable. With a climate reset coming, and the imperative to repeal or shrink Obamacare, I saw an opportunity to couple the issue for a win-win.

My short post read:

The headline above is a public policy idea for the Trump Administration and for the Republican majorities in the House and the Senate.

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A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every three weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and the environment. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.

Some of the more important articles in this issue are:

Wind Energy: Local Economics 101

Some Local Legislators Perspective on Wind Energy

Local Maine wind ordinance: 2 mile setback, 25 dBA noise limit

Misleading Costs for Wind and Solar

Thirteen complaints filed against wind project for well water interference

Perry Orders FERC Rescue of Nukes, Coal

EPA Press Release about repeal of “Clean Power Plan”

Report: Five Myths About Nuclear Power

Aussie Revolution: Mounting High Level Attacks Against Renewable Energy

Study: Minnesota’s Energy Policy — The High Cost of Failure

Video: Puerto Rican Wind project destroyed by hurricane Maria

How Climate Scientists Got Their Global Warming Sums Wrong

Study: Why human CO2 does not change climate

Are Climate Models Overstating Warming?…

“The war against coal is over.”

– EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, quoted in Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis, “EPA Chief Tells Coal Miners He Will Repeal Power Plant Rule Tuesday, Washington Post, October 9, 2017.

“We are committed to righting the wrongs of the Obama administration by cleaning the regulatory slate.  Any replacement rule will be done carefully, properly, and with humility, by listening to all those affected by the rule.”

– EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, quoted in EPA, “”EPA Takes Another Step To Advance President Trump’s America First Strategy, Proposes Repeal Of “Clean Power Plan” News Release, October 10, 2017.

On Tuesday, EPA Scott Pruitt issued notice of a forthcoming Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) to repeal the (misnamed) Clean Power Plan (CPP). This action is the latest step away from the climate road to serfdom–and a signal to the world, not only the US, to focus on real here-and-now problems, not hypothetical futures ones with no clear solution.…