The Trump carnival earned its latest booby award with the
announcement of US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. But “it’s an ill wind blows no one good,” as
the saying has it. A good example is the trickle down economics practiced by
the present regime. The world is up in arms and outrage, but consider: so far
the carnival has awakened people like nothing before ever could. Why
would another moronic gesture not elicit the same reaction?
Ken Ward writing for TheHill.com underscores that Paris is
an agreement with no teeth, and as such a fig leaf “offering political cover to
those who would soft-pedal the runaway climate crisis a while longer.” Ward is
a valve turner who goes on trial
next week on felony charges for shutting down an oil sands
pipeline. He has this to say: “Pulling out of Paris takes false hopes off the
table, and opens the way for building an effective climate movement.”
Even before the announcement, Exxon-Mobile shareholders
voted to require the company to report the impacts of climate change on its
threatened business. Sixty-two percent of them demanded Exxon produce an annual
report that explains how the company will be affected by global efforts to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and by reduced fuel use. This may very well be
but one reflection that American voters favor remaining in the Paris Agreement 5 to 1. That figure has
to include some Trump voters.
Within hours of the Trumpet’s announcement, three states, New
York, California and Washington, representing over one-fifth of U.S. Gross
Domestic Product, announced they are committed to achieving the U.S. goal of
reducing emissions 26-28 percent from 2005 levels and meeting or exceeding the
targets of the federal Clean Power Plan. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, California
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., and Washington State Governor Jay Inslee
announced the formation of the United States Climate Alliance, a coalition that
will convene U.S. states committed to upholding the Paris Climate Agreement and
taking aggressive action on climate change. It’s clear, at least to this
writer, that much more good will come from Trumpomania, than if the US had announced its support of Paris.
Unfortunately, this trickle down effect
comes with a reverse osmotic trickle up effect from the regime’s swamp: Hate.
Mentally disturbed Jeremy Christian managed to
stab three passengers aboard a Portland commuter train when
they came to the defense of two apparently Moslem young women Christian was
harassing. One of them, Micah Fletcher survived. A poet, he posted this poem:
"I, am alive,
I spat in the eye of hate and lived.
This is what we must do for one
another
We must live for one another
We must fight for one another
What you can do: Act Up Against Hate!
This Fortnight’s Roses Among The Thorns:
NY
AG Eric Schneiderman rules Exxon will have to turn over documents
indicating what they knew about global warming and when they knew it.
Although the fight is far from over, a
federal appeals court affirmed the suspension of Trump’s Muslim ban on
grounds of religious intolerance, animus and discrimination.
Alabama Republican
Governor, Kay Ivey, signs law giving back thousands of felons their right to
vote.
Texas
Governor Greg Abbott signs law rolling back state’s efforts to make voting
more difficult.
Nevada’s Assembly votes 38 to 2 to pass AB 405 to bring back rooftop solar; another Bill 406 also
passed setting Nevada toward 50% renewables by 2030.
Progressive candidate, Edie DesMarais wins
special election to the New Hampshire House in a traditionally Republican
stronghold.
Progressive candidate Christine Pelligrino wins
a seat to the New York House of Representatives.
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