On October 30 the New York Times printed up-to-date maps of the latest projections of sea level rise by 2050. The old projections were bad enough. For example, the old projections showed the rising sea level covering about a third of Bangkok a bit of shoreline along Mumbai, and a portion of Egypt around Alexandria. With the increase in global warming, almost all of Bangkok, Mumbai, and Alexandria will be submerged.
Linda and I will be dead by 2050, but our grandson, now 13, will be only 45 years old.
A day later, on Oct. 31, the New York Times business section printed an article about how the Trump administration pressured General Motors, Toyota, and other automakers to join the administration in its fight to overturn California’s Clean Air regulations. The car companies felt they might be hurt by tariffs or trade restrictions if they didn’t follow the Trump administration policies.
Today, Nov. 1, the New York Times had a front page article explaining how the E.P.A. plans to ease up on the 2015 regulations that would have cracked down on pollution from coal-fired electric plants. This is being done in an effort to help the coal industry.
This is insane. Perhaps we are worried too much about the Constitution as a justification for impeachment. We need to worry about policy as well. Those three articles in conjunction illustrate a level of incompetence, or irrationality, or stupidity that cannot be tolerated. This cannot continue.
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