Obama delivers Climate Change Deal in China - Repubs outraged

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Rush had a GREAT piece today around 2:15 EST about this - was listening as I drove.   Rush was very upset that McConnell wasn't outraged by this horrible bill - rather he was "concerned". 


Republicans in Congress are throwing a fit over President Obama’s climate change deal with China, but there is nothing that they can do to stop the agreement.
The president announced the deal at a joint press conference in Beijing,


Today, I can also announce that the United States has set a new goal of reducing our net greenhouse gas emissions by 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by the year 2025. This is an ambitious goal, but it is an achievable goal. It will double the pace at which we’re reducing carbon pollution in the United States. It puts us on a path to achieving the deep emissions reductions by advanced economies that the scientific community says is necessary to prevent the most catastrophic effects of climate change. It will help improve public health. It will grow our economy. It will create jobs. It will strengthen our energy security, and it will put both of our nations on the path to a low-carbon economy.

This is a major milestone in the U.S.-China relationship, and it shows what’s possible when we work together on an urgent global challenge. In addition, by making this announcement today, together, we hope to encourage all major economies to be ambitious — all countries, developing and developed — to work across some of the old divides so we can conclude a strong global climate agreement next year.

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/11/12/obama-flexes-muscles-powerless-republicans-stop-climate-change-deal.html

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he surprise agreement aims to double the pace of carbon pollution reduction in the United States.

—By Tim McDonnell and James West

In a surprise announcement Tuesday night, the world's two biggest economies and greenhouse gas emitters, United States and China, said they will partner closely on a broad-ranging package of plans to fight climate change, including new targets to reduce carbon pollution, according to a statement from the White House.

The announcement comes after President Obama met in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and includes headline-grabbing undertakings from both countries which are sure to breathe new life into negotiations to reach a new climate treaty in Paris next year.

According to the plan, the United States will reduce carbon emissions 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, nearly twice the existing target—without imposing new restrictions on power plants or vehicles

Tuesday's announcement is equally remarkable for China's commitment. For the first time, China has set a date at which it expects its emissions will "peak," or finally begin to taper downwards: around 2030. China is currently the world's biggest emitter of carbon pollution, largely because of its coal-dependent economy, and reining in emissions while continuing to grow has been the paramount challenge for China's leaders.

MOre..
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/11/obama-just-announced-historic-climate-deal-china

China, America and Our Warming Planet

John Kerry: Our Historic Agreement With China on Climate Change

[pedro01]

So the agreement is that the US decreases emissions and China just carries on as it is?

[Mawse]

So the agreement is that the US decreases emissions and China just carries on as it is?

US taxpayers have been paying for china to upgrade it's coal plants for a while now, I guess this is just the cherry on top

China isn't stupid enough to cripple it's economy with Green Taxes and doesn't have a welfare state that needs propping up, so win win for them

[Soul Crusher]

F Obama he needs to be jailed and tried for treason