US leads world in CO2 reduction, US scheduled coal plant closures could put US CO2 emissions at 1980 levels by 2017

8/16/12, "Bentek says that power companies plan to retire 175 coal-fired plants over the next five years [by 2017]. That could bring coal's CO2 emissions down to 1980 levels."...

8/16/12, “AP IMPACT: CO2 emissions in US drop to 20-year low,” AP, Kevin Begos

“In a surprising turnaround, the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere in the U.S. has fallen dramatically to its lowest level in 20 years and government officials say the biggest reason is that cheap and plentiful natural gas has led many power plant operators to switch from dirtier-burning coal.

Many of the world's leading climate scientists didn't see the drop coming in large part because it happened as a result of market forces rather than direct government action against carbon dioxide....

In a little-noticed technical report, the U.S. Energy Information Agency, a part of the Energy Department, said this month that energy related U.S. CO2 emissions for the first four months of this year fell to about 1992 levels. Energy emissions make up about 98 percent of the total. The Associated Press contacted environmental experts, scientists and utility companies and learned that virtually everyone believes the shift could have major long-term implications for U.S. energy policy....

The International Energy Agency said the U.S. has cut carbon dioxide emissions more than any other country over the last six years....

How much further the shift from coal to natural gas can go is unclear. Bentek says that power companies plan to retire 175 coal-fired plants over the next five years [by 2017]. That could bring coal's CO2 emissions down to 1980 levels."...
 
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6/10/13, "US Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fall as Global Emissions Rise," Cato.org, Paul C. 'Chip' Knappenberger
   
"Notice that the U.S. is far and away the leader in reducing carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, while China primarily is responsible for pushing global CO₂ emissions higher. In fact, CO₂ emissions growth in China more than offsets all the CO₂ savings that we have achieved in the U.S."
 













  Above chart from IEA report, p. 2 

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Global warming stopped 17 years ago so it doesn't matter anyway unless you like stealing billions yearly from the US taxpayer for no reason except to enrich millionaires and billionaires like Robert Redford and George Soros:

2/21/13, “IPCC Head Pachauri Acknowledges Global Warming Standstill,” The Australian, Graham Lloyd

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1/18/13, UK Met Office says no warming since 1998:

1/18/13, “Climate change: scientists puzzle over halt in global warming,” Der Spiegel, by Axel Bojanowski (translation from German). Chart by UK Met Office, via Der Spiegel

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Der Spiegel (chart above, UK Met Office)


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Redford claims US climate disasters and extremes are caused by US human CO2. US scientists say otherwise:
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NOAA scientist led study says 2012 US weather extremes were caused naturally, not by human CO2: 
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2. 4/12/13, "Study Reveals Global Warming Not To Blame For Last Year’s Crippling Drought," stlouis.cbslocal.com with AP
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"The study conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Drought Task Force places the blame on natural variations."...

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11/29/12, 134 scientists write to UN Sec. Gen., ask him to desist from blaming climate disasters on global warming that hasn't happened. "Global warming that has not occurred cannot have caused the extreme weather of the past few years." 
 
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Redford-Soros partnership: 
 
2/7/2005, "George Soros and the Sundance Kid," FrontPage, by: David Yeagley 

"Redford has been a major funder of leftwing filmmakers for decades. He provided seed money to help Michael Moore get started. His Sundance Institute, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Cable Channel and Sundance Documentary Fund all specialize in promoting far-left films and programming.

That’s where the Soros connection comes in. On September 16, 2002, Robert Redford proudly announced at a press conference that he was launching a Sundance International Documentary Fund with $4.6 million in seed money from George Soros’ Open Society Institute (OSI). The new fund would underwrite films aimed at “promoting social justice and social change.”

Redford characterized his new relationship with OSI as a “partnership.” A press release from the Sundance Institute explains how the partnership works. It notes that “the OSI grant supports the transition of the Soros Documentary Fund, originally established in 1996, to the Sundance Institute …” In effect, the Soros Documentary Fund simply changed its name to the Sundance International Documentary Fund. Diane Weyermann, who had directed the "old" fund for Soros, stayed on to direct the "new" fund for Redford.

The deal helped both parties. Redford got access to Soros’ money. Soros got to camouflage his propaganda operation under the apple-pie image of Robert Redford and the respected Sundance label."...

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6/11/13, "Natural disasters not odd coincidences: Column," USA Today, Robert Redford, opinion
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6/11/13, "Robert Redford to Obama: Time to act on climate change," cbsnews.com, Lucy Madison
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"Robert Redford is calling on the president to take more conclusive action, unleashing an ad blitz challenging Mr. Obama to act on the "courage of his convictions" and exercise his presidential authority."...

 

  

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