Recovery Act spent over 600 million dollars on climate change research; billions on GHG mitigation
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), better known as the stimulus act or stimulus package, was passed with the stated goal of helping our economy. It was meant to create jobs and boost consumer spending. Opponents of the nearly $1 trillion act pointed out that many of the provisions had nothing to do with helping the economy.
Looking back at a few different documents, I've found that the stimulus act spent over $600 million dollars on climate change research among three Federal agencies. In addition, there was $25 billion spent on researching different greenhouse gas emissions mitigation options.
Four reasons why Obama is wrong on climate change
Obama talked briefly about climate change the other day. He seemed tired, and he certainly didn't show any command of the issue. Here is the video:
- Reason 1: It isn't just conservatives
Obama starts off by saying "When the conservatives..." Yes, lots of conservatives are skeptical of climate change, but to imply that all conservatives are skeptics or that all skeptics are conservatives is false.
- Reason 2: Snow doesn't disprove climate change, but lack of snow proves climate change
Obama claims that the five feet of snow in DC shouldn't be used as evidence against climate change. He then uses the lack of snow in Vancouver as evidence for climate change. Oops
Obama’s SOTU speech, “Overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change”
Obama said:
"I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change."
in his SOTU address tonight. I wonder if his evidence is from the IPCC, or the WWF, or the CRU, or GISS? At least he knows there are those that disagree with that overwhelming evidence. He just made the statement so I'll post the video later when it is available. I'm fairly certain that I heard laughter from the right side when he made that dubious statement. (I did, here is the video)
He also later said:
"We have gone from a bystander to a leader in the fight against climate change."
Not sure what he meant by that. Copenhagen failed, and many blamed the United States. Pachauri was disappointed in Obama and said so himself. How are we now leading the fight?
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