House rejects Obama climate change rules

Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kansas, said today the EPA rules the House is schedule to vote on, which set new limits on future carbon emissions, “stifle job creation”, which the White House disputes.

Many conservatives in Congress deny that climate change is a result of human industry and agriculture, and have opposed emissions controls created to slow global warming. “President Obama is delusional on this”, said Carly Fiorina.

“I don’t actually think that has much of an effect here”, Stern told reporters.

President Francois Hollande’s pledge came in a meeting with 12 African leaders about the threats from climate change, including coastal erosion, advancing deserts and rivers that are drying up.

A look at previous global climate change negotiations illustrates the challenge in achieving this year’s goals, especially when it comes to the biggest greenhouse gas emitters. “I understand both the beauty, but also the fragility”.

USA business titan Bill Gates, the founder of the Microsoft computer software firm, announced plans to team with 19 governments and 28 billionaires from 10 countries to create a multibillion-dollar public-private coalition to fund clean- and renewable-energy research.

The remarks follow upon the President’s statement after the Paris terror attacks that attending the climate change conference will be a “powerful rebuke” to ISIS.

At the summit’s opening on Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said leaders “have the power to secure the well-being of this and succeeding generations”.

Xi did however say it is crucial that the Paris talks address economic differences between nations, and allow different countries to develop their own solutions.

Obama listed several criteria for a potential agreement, including an “ambitious target” to reduce carbon output, a slate of tools to measure countries’ progress and a “legally binding” mechanism to ensure countries adhere to their carbon reduction commitments.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cautioned against any unilateral steps that will lead to an economic barrier in the battle against climate change.

The House passed a pair of resolutions, largely along party lines, that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing rules the administration released earlier this year to curb greenhouse gas emissions. “We’ve multiplied wind power threefold, and solar power more than twentyfold, helping create parts of America where these clean power sources are finally cheaper than dirtier, conventional power”.