The courts have said: no sweeping regulation re: climate from the EPA. The Congress has said: no new money for climate-related projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s still an opening here. The Congress doesn\u2019t just deal with budget matters, they pass laws. If the law doesn\u2019t violate the Constitution, it\u2019s in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So: pass a law that embodies the regulation that the administration is not permitted to write off its own bat. For example: pass a law that sets the mileage standard for cars and trucks. No new money, not in violation of the constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh. Such a law would not pass, because Republicans won\u2019t vote for it. So, next order of business, flip the Senate or find a way to emancipate Repubs from the tyranny of having to do as they\u2019re told against their better judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I determined that federal action on climate wasn\u2019t possible at the start of the last Republican administration, and switched focus to state law. We\u2019ve done a lot here (WA, CA, OR, BC) in the last six years. It won\u2019t be enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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