Meanwhile in Never-Neverland
Trump pulls US out of 2015 Paris climate accord. He says he’s going to negotiate a “better deal”. Germany, France, and Italy state flatly that there is no reopening of negotiations – you’re in or you’re out.
As flat denials aren’t working, Putin says Patriotic Russians may be involved in hacking:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested “patriotic” Russian citizens might be engaged in hacking.
Such individuals might be joining “the justified fight against those speaking ill of Russia,” he said.
Like “artists” who get up and paint all day, he added, hackers spend their day attacking adversaries, he added.
Mr Putin also denied once again that his administration hacked the US election last year.
So, his people tell him that the hacking can and/or has been traced back to Russia, so he shifts to a back-up excuse.
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I think the withdrawal from the accord is going to be a nothing-burger.
Why?
Blue states are already voicing strong disagreement. Interestingly red states appear to pollute more CO2 than blue.
The withdrawal process can take one or four years. If the later, a new president will blow of the fake president. In the case of the former the world people will blow off American goods and services just like they are blowing of Tourism now. (Boom go the jobs!)
And the fairness argument holds very little water when historic pollution is considered: The US is # 1 at 28%, #2 is China at 9%. My source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/apr/21/countries-responsible-climate-change
All this hurrah is just to deflect from his Russian scandal.
And the hurricane season starts with nobody in charge at FEMA or NOAA.
Maybe we need to start naming hurricanes after Trump tweet mis-spellings. Next up — Hurricane Covfefe!
The new French President has announced that US climate scientists are welcome in France. Macron introduced a new slogan “Make our planet great again” – impeccable English and snark – a formidable European leader.
Shirt, it is looking more and more like Mueller is looking at money laundering as well as election tampering. Trump’s lawyers all seem to have Russian ties. This going get nasty and people are going to start cutting deals to save themselves.
Yes, isn’t that a joy, Badtux. He should have kept Craig Fugate at FEMA. He was Florida’s head of emergency operations for years under Dems and Reps. He knew what he was doing.
If a Katrina level event struck, US would be FUBAR (especially in a Dem State)! If it does happen, hopefully it’ll be in a major GOP State! (Errrr… not Florida. You have enough grief!) 😉 😀
I’ve never seen politicians & citizens of the USA move so fast as they are after POTUS killed the Paris Accord (which will take 1 or 4 years to actually cancel).
Bucking Trump, These Cities, States and Companies Commit to Paris Accord
At the moment central and south Florida could use a tropical storm or hurricane to stop the wildfires caused by the drought. Swamps burning is not a good thing. Of course, in a few decades the Gulf of Mexico will become the Bay of Mexico as the Atlantic and Gulf flow over the Florida peninsula.
The US place in the accord has been filled by a coalition headed by billionaire and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Interestingly, one of your rep’s (Rep. Carlos Curbelo) & I think a couple others in Florida, are tweeting & speaking against Trumps Paris decision and even for clean/renewable energy! A good sign. Though, given his district is the southern tip of Florida, he has a very vested interest in climate change! 😉 😀
He, and other’s like McCain are telling our toddler-in-charge, Turdbull, that he needs to do something about our Great Barrier reef which is quickly dying, as is Florida’s.
I doubt either toddler will listen of course. *shrug*
The electric company for the Florida peninsula, Florida Power & Light, is building solar/gas generating stations. In a lot of places you can chose to pay more and get power from ‘green’ sources. The power companies don’t have a surplus. Solar is most effective when it is most needed – the hottest part of the day.
Yes, we are losing our reefs, but not as quickly as the Great Barrier Reef, which is a world treasure.
Businesses have already adapted to the Paris agreement. No one is going to use coal unless they have to.