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  • #16
    Re: Why the EPA exists

    https://www.mrctv.org/blog/report-us...emissions-2019

    . Despite being the scourge of the globalist community for daring to leave the Paris Climate Accord, the U.S. appears to be leading the way in reducing its "carbon footprint."

    According to a report released on Tuesday by the International Energy Agency (IEA), "The United States saw the largest decline in energy-related CO2 emissions in 2019 on a country basis."

    But, but...what about climate alarmist Greta Thunberg's outrage over countries not doing enough about climate change to make her existence a happy one? I only have one thing to say to that. How dare you?!

    Here's what the IEA had to say about the science of the U.S. reduction in carbon emissions:

    ...a fall of 140 Mt, or 2.9%, to 4.8 Gt. US emissions are now down almost 1 Gt from their peak in the year 2000, the largest absolute decline by any country over that period. A 15% reduction in the use of coal for power generation underpinned the decline in overall US emissions in 2019. Coal-fired power plants faced even stronger competition from natural gas-fired generation, with benchmark gas prices an average of 45% lower than 2018 levels. As a result, gas increased its share in electricity generation to a record high of 37%. Overall electricity demand declined because demand for air-conditioning and heating was lower as a result of milder summer and winter weather.
    Last edited by crazy; 02-13-2020, 04:48 PM.

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    • #17
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      It could be argued that the Obama era rule of forcing coal fired power plants to either upgrade emissions equipment, or be forced to close, has lowered the toxic pollution emitted from the smoke stacks. Combine that with the fact that cleaner burning gas, at a cheaper cost point, has also helped lower our carbon footprint.
      Then of course we must not forget the surge of green power solutions, like wind and solar. All contributing to lower smoke stack emissions by adding clean energy to our grid.

      So in my opinion, Obama's policy to clean up the air and water, was a success. It didn't happen overnight, yet Trump feels he had a hand in it. The guy that supports the use of more coal and has undermined the clean air and water act. Something someone has said previously, it is truly "priceless".

      COAL HAS AN ENORMOUS ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT
      About 400 coal-fired power plants across the U.S. account for about a third of the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, as well as releases into the air of soot-like particles, mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides that cause heart and asthma attacks, pollute waterways, and contaminate fish.
      These same coal-fired power plants also pipe millions of pounds of arsenic, lead, mercury, and other toxins directly into our rivers and streams. In fact, EPA has determined that coal-fired generators are the largest industrial source of toxic water discharges in the U.S. today.
      The enforcement of the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act has helped to decrease some pollution. But some plants still release thousands of tons of pollutants that contribute to lung and cardiac disease and premature death. Power plants also generate over 100 million tons of coal ash and waste sludge every year, enough to fill a line of boxcars from the U.S. to Australia. Much of that waste is dumped, untreated, into unlined pits and ponds that can leak chemicals into groundwater. Several big ash ponds, have collapsed in recent years spilling millions of gallons of sludge into public waterways.
      https://environmentalintegrity.org/what-we-do/coal/

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      • #18
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        Originally posted by fxstc07 View Post
        It could be argued that the Obama era rule of forcing coal fired power plants to either upgrade emissions equipment, or be forced to close, has lowered the toxic pollution emitted from the smoke stacks. Combine that with the fact that cleaner burning gas, at a cheaper cost point, has also helped lower our carbon footprint.
        Then of course we must not forget the surge of green power solutions, like wind and solar. All contributing to lower smoke stack emissions by adding clean energy to our grid.

        So in my opinion, Obama's policy to clean up the air and water, was a success. It didn't happen overnight, yet Trump feels he had a hand in it. The guy that supports the use of more coal and has undermined the clean air and water act. Something someone has said previously, it is truly "priceless".

        COAL HAS AN ENORMOUS ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT


        https://environmentalintegrity.org/what-we-do/coal/
        Trump will take credit for anything no matter how little he contributed to the success of something.

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        • #19
          Re: Why the EPA exists

          Originally posted by fxstc07 View Post
          It could be argued that the Obama era rule of forcing coal fired power plants to either upgrade emissions equipment, or be forced to close, has lowered the toxic pollution emitted from the smoke stacks. Combine that with the fact that cleaner burning gas, at a cheaper cost point, has also helped lower our carbon footprint.
          Then of course we must not forget the surge of green power solutions, like wind and solar. All contributing to lower smoke stack emissions by adding clean energy to our grid.

          So in my opinion, Obama's policy to clean up the air and water, was a success. It didn't happen overnight, yet Trump feels he had a hand in it. The guy that supports the use of more coal and has undermined the clean air and water act. Something someone has said previously, it is truly "priceless".

          COAL HAS AN ENORMOUS ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT


          https://environmentalintegrity.org/what-we-do/coal/
          Originally posted by ABFwife View Post
          Trump will take credit for anything no matter how little he contributed to the success of something.
          So predictable,just like a typical leftist. Refuse to give Trump any credit. So tell me is this just like the economy it's all on Obama??

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          • #20
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            Originally posted by crazy View Post
            So predictable,just like a typical leftist. Refuse to give Trump any credit. So tell me is this just like the economy it's all on Obama??
            Credit is given where it's due. Trump has slashed the clean air & water act allowing coal slurry run off to migrate into the waterways. All to help the coal barons.
            Yep, he gets credit for that.

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            • #21
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              Originally posted by fxstc07 View Post
              Credit is given where it's due. Trump has slashed the clean air & water act allowing coal slurry run off to migrate into the waterways. All to help the coal barons.
              Yep, he gets credit for that.

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              Typical response. Your one of the first to moan and groan about the dirty air and dirty water . Evidently you have not paid attention to what is really going on. It's always negative. Trump says time and time again he wants the U.S. To have the cleanest water and the cleanest air. And it's happening.

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              • #22
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                Originally posted by crazy View Post
                Typical response. Your one of the first to moan and groan about the dirty air and dirty water . Evidently you have not paid attention to what is really going on. It's always negative. Trump says time and time again he wants the U.S. To have the cleanest water and the cleanest air. And it's happening.

                What he says and what it does is usually a lie filled glass of kool-aid his followers consume, Jim Jones style.



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                • #23
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                  Gee, I guess that debunked the Obama hates coal story? Wanting to rub Greta's nose in what? Oh that's right! Cheaper, cleaner, natural gas! The only thing that hurt coal is coal itself. Solar, Wind power (careful, we might succumb to brain cancer according to Orange Einstein.) Now all they need to do is figure out who we can peddle the coal too and increase the footprint while laying the blame.

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                  • #24
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                    TRIGGERED! Donald Trump Saves the Planet, Leads World in Lowering CO2 Emissions

                    https://pjmedia.com/trending/trigger...co2-emissions/


                    A new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) that tracks carbon emissions worldwide dropped great news for the United States under the leadership of Donald Trump on Tuesday. "The United States saw the largest decline in energy-related CO2 emissions in 2019 on a country basis – a fall of 140 Mt, or 2.9%, to 4.8 Gt. US emissions are now down almost 1 Gt from their peak in the year 2000, the largest absolute decline by any country over that period

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                    • #25
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                      Last night I watched a movie called "Dark Waters". It was a factual story about the DuPont Chemical plant in Parkersburg W.V., the water supply they contaminated with the chemical PFOC, used to make Teflon. The story illustrates why we can't trust corporate America to respect human rights or to protect us from their overwhelming desire to place profits above human life.
                      This is, and why, we need a strong, independent EPA. Devoid of government interference and political influence.

                      Dark Waters Tells the True Story of the Lawyer Who Took DuPont to Court and Won
                      As happened in real life, the movie depicts Ruffalo’s Bilott as a lawyer who defends large chemical companies before he is approached for help in 1998 by Wilbur Tennant (Bill Camp), a West Virginia farmer whose land was contaminated by chemical giant DuPont. Inflamed by that injustice, and the complicity of local authorities, the lawyer risks his career as he embarks on a decades-long legal siege of one of America’s most powerful corporations. He works, at first, on Tennant’s behalf, then pursues a class action suit representing around 70,000 people living near a chemical plant that allegedly contaminated drinking water with PFOA, a toxic chemical used in the production of Teflon. In recent years, studies have correlated long-term exposure to PFOA with a number of illnesses, including some types of cancer.
                      https://time.com/5737451/dark-waters...ry-rob-bilott/

                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Waters_(2019_film)

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                      • #26
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                        As the header says, Why the EPA exists ?
                        So we can be safe from the corporate greed that allowed companies to dump their wastes into the water, air and bury it ... because it's cheaper then protecting the people.

                        The Trump administration is planning to protect fewer waterways. New Jersey is suing to stop that
                        New Jersey is suing the Trump Administration over what types of waterways are protected by the federal government.
                        The lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was filed Friday, according to court records, just weeks before a new rule takes effect that limits what wetlands and fresh and coastal waters are covered by the Clean Water Act.
                        “It has never been more important to protect our environment, which has a direct link to the health of our residents,” state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said in a statement Monday. “This rule is yet another example of EPA disregarding the law and placing industry over our natural resources."
                        New Jersey has sued the agency at least nine times since Grewal took office in 2018, according to public records, and the state has filed complaints against the federal government about four dozen times overall.
                        President Barack Obama’s administration expanded what water was regulated by the federal government in 2015, and the EPA announced late last year that it would roll back those changes.
                        Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club.
                        “Trump’s new rule will mean more flooding, more filling in of wetlands, and more pollution from other states,” he said in a statement. “This will make it easier for developers, miners, and big business to ruin our rivers and streams.”
                        https://www.nj.com/news/2020/05/the-...stop-that.html

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                        • #27
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                          Have a nice drink of clean water ...
                          Because the longer this EPA directs it's regulations backwards, the dirtier the water, air and general environment will become.

                          EPA Refuses to Protect Children from Perchlorate-Contaminated Tap Water
                          In an extraordinary decision, President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Andrew Wheeler has decided to defy a court-ordered consent decree requiring the agency to issue a drinking water standard for the widespread contaminant perchlorate. Studies show this chemical poses threats to the brain development of fetuses and young infants and has been found in millions of Americans’ tap water. The decision, which not only ignores the science but violates a court order and the law, is expected to be announced publicly in coming weeks.
                          Perchlorate is the first drinking water contaminant that EPA has proposed to regulate in nearly 24 years under the provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 for setting new standards for unregulated contaminants. The Obama EPA found in 2011 that a perchlorate drinking water standard was needed to protect health, especially that of vulnerable fetuses and young children. This finding triggered a legal duty to regulate perchlorate. When EPA was slow to issue standards after that finding, NRDC sued, and a federal judge hearing the case said that EPA needs “a fire lit under them” to address the urgent problem. In response, the agency agreed in a court-approved consent decree to propose a perchlorate drinking water standard by October 2018 and to finalize it by late 2019. EPA sought extensions, citing the need for more study, so the standard is now due in June 2020.
                          https://www.nrdc.org/experts/erik-d-...ated-tap-water

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                          • #28
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                            This is a disturbing story and exactly why we need a fully independent oversight of our environment.

                            Silent protest planned at highly toxic George AFB to remember miscarriages
                            Veterans, family members and dependents who lived at the now-closed George Air Force Base in California will hold a silent protest and memorial at the former base’s hospital Sunday morning to remember miscarriages and stillbirths caused by the facility’s extreme contamination.
                            George, located near Victorville, California, was declared a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1990, and closed in 1992. Efforts are still under way to clean up 33 hazardous wastes there, including old jet fuel in the water supply and excessive amounts of perfluorooctane sulfonate or perfluorooctanoic acid, also known as PFOS and PFOAs. Trichloroethylyn, which attacks the nervous system, blood, kidneys, heart and immune system, also remains in the water and soil due to industrial solvents used to de-grease and clean jets there.
                            The group says the Air Force covered up the full extent of the contamination at George and its effect on people there, and is withholding medical records. One former airman, Kate Kelly, told Military Times in 2018 that when she obtained her medical records from the Air Force, her pregnancy at George — which ended in a miscarriage — was not recorded there. Some pages of her own medical records had sentences redacted with a black marker, which is unusual.
                            https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/y...-miscarriages/

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                            • #29
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                              Originally posted by fxstc07 View Post
                              This is a disturbing story and exactly why we need a fully independent oversight of our environment.

                              Silent protest planned at highly toxic George AFB to remember miscarriages




                              https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/y...-miscarriages/
                              I remember this well. And my sister ended up living not far from there in Adelanto. Been a very long time since I have heard anything about this with neither of us living in CA anymore. One thing that is bothering me is that I am sure this is where my husband went to Truck Driving School. So my question would be is if the base is closed do to such contamination, why are private businesses operating there?

                              Here is a wikipedia post that shows private businesses operate there.

                              Recent History

                              In recent history, the abandoned, but still intact military housing block has been used by private companies for various purposes. The site was a filming location for the films Jarhead, and an episode of the TV series Mythbusters. The abandoned housing is also used extensively for airsoft games, particularly milsim ones. The airsoft event organizer Milsim West has used the location over five times, Milsim organizer Operation Lion Claws Military Simulation Series (O.L.C.M.S.S.) has hosted an annual, Memorial Day Weekend event since 2001, and the event organizer/storefront Evike has used the site as well.[11]
                              Closure

                              George Air Force Base was officially decommissioned in December 1992. In 1993, President Bill Clinton announced a "Five Part Plan" to speed economic recovery in communities where military bases were to be closed. One part of this plan called for improving public participation in the base's environmental cleanup program. George AFB was among a number of installations where environmental cleanup was placed on a "fast track" so base property could be quickly transferred to the community for reuse.
                              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Air_Force_Base
                              Last edited by ABFwife; 07-11-2020, 10:52 AM.

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                              • #30
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                                Would like to post a little further on this issue because it's unfortunately very common with bases. We are having the same issue here in Albuquerque with Kirtland AFB.

                                Military bases’ contamination will affect water for generations

                                VICTORVILLE — Once a fighter jet training base critical to the Cold War, little remains of the former George Air Force Base but rows of dilapidated houses, a dismantled military hospital and dangerous chemicals from pesticides, jet fuels and other hazardous wastes that have poisoned the water for decades.

                                “Now when I see the base today, areas of it look like a war zone,” said Frank Vera, an Air Force veteran stationed on the base in the early 1970s. “I don’t think people know what to do with some of these areas because they are so contaminated.”

                                George is among at least 400 active and closed military installations nationwide where the use of toxic chemicals has contaminated or is suspected of contaminating water on bases and nearby communities with chemicals ranging from cleaning solvents and paints to explosives and firefighting foam, according to a News21investigation.

                                At 149 current and former U.S. military bases, the contamination is so severe that they have been designated Superfund sites by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, meaning they are among the most hazardous areas in the country requiring cleanup.

                                One of those installations, Hill Air Force Base just north of Salt Lake City, is both one of the state’s largest employers, with 21,000 employees, and a Superfund site. Since 1987, the EPA has been monitoring the base, where more than 60 chemicals were found in soil and groundwater. According to EPA records, an “unsafe level of contamination” still exists on some areas of the base.
                                https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20...or-generations

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