Would you buy a laptop with only 340 kilobytes of memory for $27,000? One that overheats and always needs to be plugged in?
What about a cellphone that weighs over a kilo and is as long as an iPad? One that offers 30 minutes talk time after being charged for 10 hours?
OBAMA’S CLIMATE CHANGE legacy will be the subject of debate long after he leaves office in January 2017. But for those working in the U.S. fossil fuel industry, the verdict is already in.
Editor’s Note: The Boilermakers union agrees with much of Mr. Lomborg’s position on the inadequacy and unsustainable expense of the current clean energy agreement developed at the Paris summit in 2015 as presented below. However, we remain convinced that clean coal technologies — especially carbon capture, use and storage — represent the most rational and feasible path to addressing global carbon emissions.
Throughout history, clever strategists have taken advantage of divisions within the ranks of their enemies to win otherwise unlikely victories.
Boilermakers play role in legal challenge to halt EPA monstrosity
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of issuing a stay against President Obama’s massive Clean Power Plan. The court determined that states should not be compelled to pay the exorbitant costs imposed by the plan until a federal court determines its legality.
Railing against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) doesn’t mean that Luke Voigt, business manager for Boilermakers Local 647, doesn’t have a viable option.
