It’s really sickening. And I mean this literally. John Kerry called for cleaner air by reducing coal plant emissions and moving towards renewable energy in a hurry; and his suggestion was filibustered by members of the GOP (Republicans, that is) in Congress. What good reason can there be for this move?

It’s pretty damn obvious that clean air is not of any concern with these Congressional representatives. They must not be human, because everybody knows that human beings need clean air in order to breathe, prevent cancer, prevent lung disease and begin to eliminate the global warming threat.

“Kerry’s proposed goal of 15 percent renewable power by 2020 provoked a filibuster threat from Republicans.” (gristmill.grist.org)

What is our great nation coming to when our congressional leaders put corporate profits over the health of US citizens? It’s unbelievable!!

John Kerry wrote:

It’s amazing to me that some people still refuse to see the gravity of the situation staring us in the face, with the best science telling us we may only have a decade to act before the climate crisis reaches a dangerous tipping point. But there are the same interests throwing up the same roadblocks. Take CAFE standards — I and many others are demanding that the standards be raised to 35 mpg by the end of the next decade, with light trucks and SUVs included in that and other mandatory requirements for medium and heavy trucks. And we want to close the loopholes that allow automakers to miss even those targets. But the Bush administration has written to Congress that they are opposed to any numerical requirement in the statute.Think about that for a moment. They say they want fuel economy to get better, but they don’t want to put any numeric requirements about what that means. And they want medium and heavy trucks exempted from even that!

Another area where I’m pushing is to require that at least 20 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2020. This has been a part of my energy plan since 2002, and I mentioned this over and over (and over) during the campaign in 2004. There has been significant support for this change now in Congress, but there are still powerful interests arrayed against it.

Dogmatic refusal to consider new approaches to this crisis can have such enormous consequences, it boggles the mind how people can do it.

For full context of John Kerry’s sentiments, go to:
Source: http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/6/14/94059/1612?source=daily

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