In an effort to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to ‘cease its carbon dioxide reduction policies, programs, and regulations until climate data and global warming science are substantiated’ the Utah House of Representatives has passed a resolution (HRJ012) which basically states the climate change in a conspiracy and efforts to stop it will bankrupt the nation and are precursors to global governance. SolveClimate has a more level-headed, newsy interpretation of events, but here’s a more heated dissection of what I can only describe as an absurdist collective outburst: In addition to urging the EPA to do everything in quotes above, it all urges withdrawal of the ‘endangerment finding’, which basically states that CO2 is a form of pollution that can be regulated under the Clean Air Act. By All Means, Let’s Talk About the EPA Regulating CO2 Which is fine. If the duly elected representatives of the people of Utah think differently that the EPA on this that’s fine and good. The discussion of whether or not direct EPA action is the best way to combat climate change is an important one, and personally I’m not decided one way or the other on it. But I Really […]