Trump's EPA Blocks Obama's Methane Regulations

LAST YEAR THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION PUT INTO EFFECT
NEW REGULATIONS ON METHANE LEAKS, BOTH IN TERMS OF
DETECTING THEM AND STOPPING THEM.
THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR A
FEW REASONS.
FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT GLOBAL
CLIMATE CHANGE, MOST PEOPLE SEEM TO AGREE THAT METHANE IS ABOUT
30 TIMES MORE DAMAGING THAN CO2 TO OUR ATMOSPHERE IN TERMS OF
GLOBAL WARMING.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING, IT'S
ALSO REALLY BAD ON THE HEALTH OF
THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREAS NEAR THESE LEAKS.
THEORETICALLY
DETECTING AND STOPPING THESE LEAKS IS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN
THOSE AREAS, ALSO GOOD FOR THE
PLANET AS A WHOLE.
A LOT OF CREDIT TO OBAMA FOR PUTTING INTO
AFFECT THOSE REGULATIONS, BUT THEY HAVE NOW BEEN PUT ON HOLD
WITH THE TRUMP MINISTRATION SAYING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
BLOCK THEM FOR TWO YEARS.
GOD HELP US IF WE FORGET ABOUT THIS
AND THEN THEY JUST MAKE IT PERMANENT AFTER.
CONSIDERING
THIS IS A GAS, THAT IS A LOT.
ALL THEY ARE SAYING IS OBVIOUSLY
THIS IS BAD FOR CHILDREN, BUT IT'S JUST TWO YEARS, HOW MUCH
DAMAGE CAN BE DONE IN TWO YEARS?
PLAY INSIDE.
EXACTLY.
THEIR DEFENSE IS THAT IT IS JUST TWO YEARS, WHAT
SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTAMINANT WOULD WE ALLOW?
THE TRUMP MINISTRATION IS SUCH A FRAUD.
AND IT WORKS SO
EFFECTIVELY ñ A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORT STUFF LIKE THIS, BUT A
LOT DON'T. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN TWO YEARS?
ASSUMING TRUMP IS AN OFFICE AND NOT A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN
MARYLAND.
PRESUMING TRUMP IS STILL IN OFFICE, WHAT YOU THINK
HAPPENS IN TWO YEARS?
THEY WILL BE DELAYED, AND OTHER ONES MAY
BE ROLLED BACK TO LEVELS THAT ñ THEY WILL ROLLBACK EVERYTHING,
THEY WILL BE SHORT OF LAKE ERIE BEING ON FIRE.
THEY WON'T DO
ANYTHING, THEY WERE NEVER GOING
TO DO ANYTHING.
I THINK THAT WAS OBVIOUS TO ANYONE WHO PAID
ATTENTION TO THIS GUYS CAREER.
WE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO NOMINATE
GUYS LIKE SCOTT PRUITT AND BETSY
DEVOS AND RICK PERRY.
AND IT SHOULD TROUBLE SOME PERCENTAGE
OF THAT 62 MILLION WHO THINK I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT DRAIN THE
SWAMP SO YOU WOULD CLEAN THE
SWAMP, I DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD DRAIN IT AND FILL IT IN WITH A
MORE TOXIC SWAMP.
HE DOES WANT TO DRAIN THE SWAMP, BUT LET THE KIDS PLAY IN
THE SWAMP FOR TWO YEARS.
METHANE IS NOT CRUDE OIL, IT'S HARD TO
SEE AND KNOW WHEN THERE IS A
LEAK SO PERHAPS PEOPLE GET LESS ñ IT'S LESS OBVIOUS THAT PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW SEVERE IT
IS.
HERE IN LA WE HAD MANY METHANE LEAKS ñ IT'S FARMER
COMMON THAN YOU THINK THAT WE HAD A MASSIVE ONE NORTH OF LA
THAT WENT ON FOR MONTHS ñ
THE PORTER RANCH LEAK?
YES.
WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH DAMAGE THAT WAS ABLE TO DO THAT
TO THE ATMOSPHERE IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
THE IDEA THAT
CORPORATIONS SHOULD HAVE TO FORGO A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF THEIR
PROFITS TO STOP THAT IS
EXTREMELY SHORTSIGHTED.
ONE IS HOW SIGNIFICANT THESE
REGULATIONS WOULD'VE BEEN.
THERE
IS A STUDY BACK IN 2013 ñ ALL IT REQUIRES IS THAT WE CRACKDOWN
SLIGHTLY ON THE COMPANIES THAT ARE ALLOWING THESE LEAKS TO
CONTINUE.
BUT OF COURSE THEY MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT.
SOME OF THESE REGULATIONS ARE FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
THIS
NOTION THAT WE CAN ALLOW
CAPITALISM TO RUN ABOUT UNFETTERED IS A DANGEROUS,
FOOLISH ARGUMENT.
WE HAVE ALWAYS
FETTERED IT.
WE ARE NOT ADVOCATING THAT THE STATE TO
CONTROL OF ALL THESE BUSINESSES.
WE ARE ADVOCATING THAT THERE BE ñ I GOT IT, THEY ARE A BURDEN.
WE DON'T EXPECT THE COMPANIES TO ACTUALLY SHOW THAT SORT OF
FORETHOUGHT.
WE KNOW THEY ARE
NOT GOING TO LOOK DECADES AHEAD.
WE EXPECT THAT WE CAN ñ THE
POLITICIANS WOULD HAVE AT LEAST
A LITTLE BIT OF WISDOM.
THAT THEY CAN CARE ABOUT THEIR
CHILDREN, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T EXPECT THAT.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS
SO AMAZING WHEN OBAMA WAS
ACTUALLY PUTTING THEM INTO EFFECT.
THIS WAS JUST THE
BEGINNING.
NOT ONLY DO WE NOT GROW OR MOVE FORWARD ON THAT,
BUT WE EVEN KNOCKED THAT OUT FROM UNDER US.
THERE WAS ACTUAL PROGRESS.
YES, AND WE HAVE GOTTEN AWAY OF IT.
WE ALLOWED THAT TO
HAPPEN.
WE KNOW WHAT THE RESPONSE OF THE STORY WILL BE
FROM THE RIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL THEY WON'T COVER IT PROBABLY.
BUT IF THEY DID, THE RESPONSE
WILL BE COWS.
COWS WHEN THEY PASS GAS, IT IS METHANE AND
EVERYBODY IN IOWA IS FINE.
I AM BARELY PARAPHRASING WHAT STEVE
DUCEY WOULD SAY.
HE WILL LAUGH BECAUSE IT'S FUNNY, BUT THAT IS
THEIR ARGUMENT.
IF YOU TALK ABOUT METHANE THAT IS WHAT YOU
CAN GUARANTEE THAT THE GUYS ON THE MORNING AT FOX ñ SEAN
HANNITY THAT IS WHAT HE WILL
TALK ABOUT.
THAT WILL BE THERE
THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE BECAUSE AGAIN THEY HAVE CONVINCED
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS THAT
SOMEHOW IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE SCIENCE LOBBY TO OVER
REGULATE.
BUT SOMEHOW THEY MAKE MONEY OFF OF THAT.
AND THEY CAN CONTINUE TO CRANK IN THOSE
RESEARCH DOLLARS
THAT
OVERWHELMED THEM.

Trump's EPA Blocks Obama's Methane Regulations

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