Sorry, Kids…

In the interest of tying to maintain a positive outlook on yet another “Friday the 13th”, this one will be real short…

Readers of this blog already know two things: 1) I try as hard as I can to keep politics out of it… unless they impact the science; and 2) My thoughts on Climate Change (click here for an index to earlier posts if you need or want a refresher).

This from today’s NY Times “The Morning” summary, which included reference to an article regarding recent actions by the E.P.A.:

The E.P.A. yesterday officially rejected the scientific consensus that greenhouse gases threaten human health and the environment. That means, legally speaking, the agency is no longer allowed to regulate them.

The danger of climate change has been accepted as fact by politicians, including many Republicans, for decades. But President Trump has dismissed it as a “hoax,” and his administration is now effectively saying that the vast majority of scientists around the world are wrong.

Trump’s E.P.A. administrator called yesterday’s announcement “the single largest deregulatory action in the history of the United States.” The administration claimed it would save auto manufacturers and other businesses an estimated $1 trillion, although it has declined to explain how it arrived at that estimate.

The short version: We are again trading our kids’ and grandkids’ futures for money (and votes).