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| WH Climate Adviser: 'A War on Coal Is Exactly WhatÂ’s Needed' |
| 2013-06-25 |
| BY DANIEL HALPER Daniel P. Schrag, a White House climate adviser and director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment, tells the New York Times "a war on coal is exactly what's needed." Later today, President Obama will give a major "climate change" address at Georgetown University. “Everybody is waiting for action,” Schrag tells the paper. “The one thing the president really needs to do now is to begin the process of shutting down the conventional coal plants. Politically, the White House is hesitant to say they’re having a war on coal. On the other hand, a war on coal is exactly what’s needed.” Obama's speech today is expected to offer "a sweeping plan to address climate change on Tuesday, setting ambitious goals and timetables for a series of executive actions to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and prepare the nation for the ravages of a warming planet," according to the Times. POTUS Georgetown speech. Here's the full context of Schrag's quotation: Daniel P. Schrag, a geochemist who is the head of Harvard University’s Center for the Environment and a member of a presidential science panel that has helped advise the White House on climate change, said he hoped the presidential speech would mark a turning point in the national debate on climate change. When the left speaks of using "clean energy," they are not speaking of coal energy. Unfortunately, such decisions have far-reaching consequences. Utilities, the coal industry, the rail industry, and many manufacturing industries are affected negatively. Such decisions increase costs and prices and are job-killing. Of course, there is always the possibility that the unintended consequences are intended as no one could be that ignorant. |
| Posted by:JohnQC |
| #9 You and what army? |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2013-06-25 23:35 |
| #8 "begin the process of shutting down the conventional coal plants" Go for it, asshole. In fact, start with D.C. - their electricity is produced by coal. Think of all the |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-06-25 22:30 |
| #7 Cuts to adviser jobs will make sure they produce less CO2. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-06-25 20:31 |
| #6 [ANOTHER MIGHTY WORLD-'ROUNDING HOMER SIMPSONIAN "DOH"! here]. Obvious thingys are obvious. That being said, a "WAR ON COAL" = "WAR ON JOBS" AS LONG AS OUR FUTURE OWG-NWO [aka Space Govt-Order] + US + ALIGNED FAIL TO DEV JUSTIFIED "SPACE/STAR FREE MARKETS" FOR ORDINARY EARTHICANS = CONSUMERS/HUMANS, INDUSTRY, + OF COURSE THE QUEEN'S FERENGI, ETAL. VEE "GREEN TECHS". As things stands, the only thing that that the Fed + OWG is accomplishing is MASSIVELY EXPANDING THE SIZE OF [already] BIG[GER GOVT] TO NEVER BEFORE SEEN HEIGHTS. ARE WE MISSING THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROG, I.E. USA GOING BACK TO THE MOON + MARS + BEYOND, NOW??? I think we are. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-06-25 19:51 |
| #5 Hmmm, "There have been things that happened that have been BLAMED on climate change". So Obama wants to "Do something about things BLAMED on climate change"> That's the worst "Reason" to do anything at all. I BLAME Obama, should we therefore "Get rid of HIM"? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-06-25 19:08 |
| #4 I see the White House's plan to keep West Virginia a red state is going well |
| Posted by: Chantry 2013-06-25 18:39 |
| #3 Coal represents 44% of the tonnage shipped by RRs' and 21% of their gross revenue. Warren Buffett to the white courtesy phone please... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-06-25 18:21 |
| #2 Comment on Instapundit: “Given the success of the War on Poverty and the War on Drugs, if I’m Big Coal, I’m praying for a War on Coal.”+ |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-06-25 17:45 |
| #1 Coal accounts for approximately 50% of our energy. Coal represents 44% of the tonnage shipped by RRs' and 21% of their gross revenue. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-06-25 17:42 |