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GoLeft TV

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Thu Aug 6, 2015, 02:17 PM Aug 2015

Don’t Believe The Hype, Climate Rules Are NOT Enough

On Monday, President Obama introduced a clean power plan, which proposes rules that will cut emissions from power plants. But this isn’t enough. The world needs to unite and take an even stronger charge against climate change if we want to actually make a real difference.

Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio and Farron Cousins discuss this.

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Don’t Believe The Hype, Climate Rules Are NOT Enough (Original Post) GoLeft TV Aug 2015 OP
What hype? frazzled Aug 2015 #1
K & R. Glad to see this, finally. appalachiablue Aug 2015 #2

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
1. What hype?
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 02:37 PM
Aug 2015

Nobody, and especially not the president, said this was any kind of panacea. It was the biggest step the government could take on its own, without Congress. It's still significant.

But nobody said it was going to reverse climate change on its own.

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