http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-becker-and-james-gerstenzang/president-obama-on-global_b_161005.html
Summary:
Now that President Obama has taken office he has continued with his promise for “CHANGE”. He ordered his Environmental Protection Agency to review and reconsider Bushes’s rejection of the request by states to write their own rules on greenhouse gasses. This will put much pressure on the already suffering Car industry; we know California wants to dramatically reduce the omission from the cars on their lots. Hopefully this will cut America's addiction to oil. Cutting petroleum imports, will alone be greater than the amount of oil we bring in annually from Saudi Arabia. California and the other states acted under Clean Air Act provisions that allow them to set standards stronger than those of the federal government, but only if the federal EPA grants them a waiver. The United States has produced more greenhouse gases than any other nation. Now Washington is willing to step to the front of the line in decisions that will slash the amount of carbon we pump into the global atmosphere. Well, at least this might be the biggest single step we can take to curbing global warming.
Discussion Question: Do you think allowing each state to write their own rules on greenhouse gasses will make a difference in our problem with global warming and our nations dependency on oil?
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I feel that President Obama is taking a huge step into making the United States more environmentally friendly by allowing each state to hopefully reduce their carbon foot-print. I also hope that this change will encourage President Obama to ratify and become part of the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gasses. Presently, The United States is a signor of the Kyoto Protocol, but they have neither withdrawn nor ratified the Protocol. This may seem ironic being that the US is the largest single emitter of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels and; air pollution.
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