Obama spits
out 'hot' new executive order. Prez to 'lead
by example' with demand to federal agencies
President
Obama – who once famously declared that he has a pen and a phone, and therefore
doesn’t need Congress – signed yet another executive order on Thursday, this
time curbing carbon dioxide emissions among the federal agencies.
The gist of his order scales back greenhouse gas emission
levels among the federal agencies by 40 percent over the next decade.
Obama, speaking from the Department
of Energy, said: “We’re proving it is possible to grow our economy robustly
while at the same time doing the right thing for the environment and tackling
climate change in a serious way.”
A White House spokesman said earlier in the day Obama’s
intent with the order was to “lead by example” in the public relations and
policy battle to restrict carbon dioxide emissions and other gases that some
scientists say cause global warming, The Hill reported.
The order requires federal agencies to cut back emission of perceived
greenhouse gases by 40 percent of 2008 levels. Obama’s also demanding federal
agencies get 30 percent of electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025.
“These are ambitious goals but we know they are achievable
goals,” Obama said, various media reported.
Announcement of the new executive order has already had a
trickle-down effect. Several companies that contract with the federal
government are planning on announcing their own voluntary scale-back of carbon
dioxide emission levels, the New York Times said.
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Obama’s previously stated goal was to reduce America’s emission
of so-dubbed greenhouse gases by up to 28 percent of 2005 levels, by the year
2030. Economists have warned such cuts would dramatically increase energy and
manufacturing costs, leading to sharp price hikes to consumers. And many
scientists say the cuts would do little to reduce global warming – and that the
entire policy push is a political agenda to advance personal interests.
Obama has not been able to pass his emission controls in
Congress, even when the House and Senate were dominated by Democrats.
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Comments
Carbon reduction will do little to reduce
global warming, because there is no global warming. There is global cooling
going on right now.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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