Trick or treaty? The legal question hanging over the Paris climate change conference

[ScienceRocks]

Trick or treaty? The legal question hanging over the Paris climate change conference

If a group of senators gets its way, any commitments President Obama makes at the Paris climate summit will be put to a congressional test.

But first, the mainly Republican lawmakers must prove that the product of the Paris meeting is effectively a treaty – and that is a legal hurdle they may not be able to clear.

World leaders are gathering in Paris starting Monday to attempt to seal an international deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change. If given the opportunity, the Republican-led Senate would almost undoubtedly reject such a deal.

President Obama doesn’t plan to give it the chance. Whatever agreement emerges from Paris, he has no intention of submitting it to the Senate for ratification as a treaty. The administration argues that any agreement does not bind the United States to a course of action. Moreover, it says the Clean Air Act and the United Nations Framework on Climate Change signed by former President George H.W. Bush already give Obama the authority he needs to carry out climate

commitments.Trick or treaty? The legal question hanging over the Paris climate change conference

So Obama already has the power and will cut our emissions even more!

 

[ScienceRocks]

What Paris Talks Have Accomplished So Far
By Michael Bloomberg

The two-week United Nations conference on climate change is halfway over, and no matter what else happens, it has already been a clear-cut success in two critical areas.

As important as a global accord is, the most influential actors on climate change have been cities and businesses, and leaders in both groups made it clear that they will not wait for an agreement that, if it comes together, won’t even take full effect until 2020.

Climate Change

Mayors and officials representing more than 500 cities organized and attended their own summit in Paris (which Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and I co-hosted). It was the first time local leaders had ever gathered in such numbers during a UN climate-change conference. They came not only to ensure that their voices were heard by heads of state, but also to express their determination to act on their own, and to learn from one another and share best practices.

Cities account for about 70 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions, and while some heads of state have been arguing over which countries should do more, cities recognize that reducing their emissions is in their own best interest. After all, when cities cut their emissions, they help their residents live longer, healthier lives. When they improve the energy efficiency of their buildings, they save their taxpayers money. When they invest in modern low-carbon infrastructure, they raise their residents’ standard of living. Taken together, these actions make cities more attractive to businesses and investors. Even if climate change were not a concern, reducing emissions would be smart policy.

City leaders rarely need to be convinced of the benefits of climate-related actions, and in Paris, they committed to doing more. By Saturday, more than 400 cities had signed the Compact of Mayors, which requires them to set bold climate goals, adopt a common measurement system for emissions, and publicly report their progress. If so many cities can agree to these three actions, why not nations?

The Compact of Mayors is the best insurance we have against backsliding by central governments, and it’s the best hope we have -- along with technological innovation -- for accelerating the pace of change in every region of the world over the next five years.

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What Paris Talks Have Accomplished So Far

 

[ScienceRocks]

Hopefully if it is found to be a treaty the republicans will care enough about our planet to pass it.

 

[gipper]

More leftist foolishness... That is what was accomplished.

 

[leftwinger]

Very tired of it all Matthew. Very tiring and depressing. Until something is improved to Air Quality in China Korea and India, don't bring up Phony GW. It is a global scam, people need to oppose this nonsense.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Very tired of it all Matthew. Very tiring and depressing. Until something is improved to Air Quality in China Korea and India, don't bring up Phony GW. It is a global scam, people need to oppose this nonsense.

A big part of that pollution is coal. if we shut down coal and go to solar, wind and nuclear = very little pollution.

one good solution.

 

[Obiwan]

Very tired of it all Matthew. Very tiring and depressing. Until something is improved to Air Quality in China Korea and India, don't bring up Phony GW. It is a global scam, people need to oppose this nonsense.

A big part of that pollution is coal. if we shut down coal and go to solar, wind and nuclear = very little pollution.

one good solution.

Go do your part by shutting off your computer and going to bed... After all, your computer is using electricity that is probably produced by COAL!!!!

 

[gipper]

Very tired of it all Matthew. Very tiring and depressing. Until something is improved to Air Quality in China Korea and India, don't bring up Phony GW. It is a global scam, people need to oppose this nonsense.

A big part of that pollution is coal. if we shut down coal and go to solar, wind and nuclear = very little pollution.

one good solution.

Go do your part by shutting off your computer and going to bed... After all, your computer is using electricity that is probably produced by COAL!!!!

...and sleep outside under the stars around the camp fire.

 

[bripat9643]

Trick or treaty? The legal question hanging over the Paris climate change conference

If a group of senators gets its way, any commitments President Obama makes at the Paris climate summit will be put to a congressional test.

But first, the mainly Republican lawmakers must prove that the product of the Paris meeting is effectively a treaty – and that is a legal hurdle they may not be able to clear.

World leaders are gathering in Paris starting Monday to attempt to seal an international deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change. If given the opportunity, the Republican-led Senate would almost undoubtedly reject such a deal.

President Obama doesn’t plan to give it the chance. Whatever agreement emerges from Paris, he has no intention of submitting it to the Senate for ratification as a treaty. The administration argues that any agreement does not bind the United States to a course of action. Moreover, it says the Clean Air Act and the United Nations Framework on Climate Change signed by former President George H.W. Bush already give Obama the authority he needs to carry out climate

commitments.Trick or treaty? The legal question hanging over the Paris climate change conference

So Obama already has the power and will cut our emissions even more!

If it involves imposing any legal restrictions on U.S. citizens, then it's a treaty. Obama doesn't have the authority to write laws for Americans to follow.

 

[Old Rocks]

Guess we will see, Pattycake.

 

[bripat9643]

Guess we will see, Pattycake.

the only thing "we will see" is if Obama attempts to wipe his ass on the Constitution.

 

[Billy_Bob]

Guess we will see, Pattycake.

the only thing "we will see" is if Obama attempts to wipe his ass on the Constitution.

Well he has used his Executive Order powers to bypass law makers and enact his own set of rules and laws.. What make you think he wont do the same with this? He has already proven he used the Constitution for butt wipe long ago. The man and those around him are treasonous traitors in need of serious jail time..

 

[Billy_Bob]

Very tired of it all Matthew. Very tiring and depressing. Until something is improved to Air Quality in China Korea and India, don't bring up Phony GW. It is a global scam, people need to oppose this nonsense.

A big part of that pollution is coal. if we shut down coal and go to solar, wind and nuclear = very little pollution.

one good solution.

Go do your part by shutting off your computer and going to bed... After all, your computer is using electricity that is probably produced by COAL!!!!

...and sleep outside under the stars around the camp fire.

NO fire... that creates smog and pollution not to mention CO2..

 

[Votto]

Trick or treaty? The legal question hanging over the Paris climate change conference

If a group of senators gets its way, any commitments President Obama makes at the Paris climate summit will be put to a congressional test.

But first, the mainly Republican lawmakers must prove that the product of the Paris meeting is effectively a treaty – and that is a legal hurdle they may not be able to clear.

World leaders are gathering in Paris starting Monday to attempt to seal an international deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change. If given the opportunity, the Republican-led Senate would almost undoubtedly reject such a deal.

President Obama doesn’t plan to give it the chance. Whatever agreement emerges from Paris, he has no intention of submitting it to the Senate for ratification as a treaty. The administration argues that any agreement does not bind the United States to a course of action. Moreover, it says the Clean Air Act and the United Nations Framework on Climate Change signed by former President George H.W. Bush already give Obama the authority he needs to carry out climate

commitments.Trick or treaty? The legal question hanging over the Paris climate change conference

So Obama already has the power and will cut our emissions even more!

Look everyone, Matt wants higher energy taxes to combat climate change.

That way we can destroy terrorism.

Have you ever taken a class in logic Matthew?

Oh, and don't call it a Treaty. A Treaty would have to involve Congress, something Obama would never do.

As you point out, Congress is inconsequential. They made themselves that way. We live by Executive edict now.

 

[Votto]

Trick or treaty? The legal question hanging over the Paris climate change conference

If a group of senators gets its way, any commitments President Obama makes at the Paris climate summit will be put to a congressional test.

But first, the mainly Republican lawmakers must prove that the product of the Paris meeting is effectively a treaty – and that is a legal hurdle they may not be able to clear.

World leaders are gathering in Paris starting Monday to attempt to seal an international deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change. If given the opportunity, the Republican-led Senate would almost undoubtedly reject such a deal.

President Obama doesn’t plan to give it the chance. Whatever agreement emerges from Paris, he has no intention of submitting it to the Senate for ratification as a treaty. The administration argues that any agreement does not bind the United States to a course of action. Moreover, it says the Clean Air Act and the United Nations Framework on Climate Change signed by former President George H.W. Bush already give Obama the authority he needs to carry out climate

commitments.Trick or treaty? The legal question hanging over the Paris climate change conference

So Obama already has the power and will cut our emissions even more!

If it involves imposing any legal restrictions on U.S. citizens, then it's a treaty. Obama doesn't have the authority to write laws for Americans to follow.

Obama now implements what is called "Executive Agreements" and also passes laws via regulation.

This all bypasses Congress.

 

[Billy_Bob]

Trick or treaty? The legal question hanging over the Paris climate change conference

If a group of senators gets its way, any commitments President Obama makes at the Paris climate summit will be put to a congressional test.

But first, the mainly Republican lawmakers must prove that the product of the Paris meeting is effectively a treaty – and that is a legal hurdle they may not be able to clear.

World leaders are gathering in Paris starting Monday to attempt to seal an international deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change. If given the opportunity, the Republican-led Senate would almost undoubtedly reject such a deal.

President Obama doesn’t plan to give it the chance. Whatever agreement emerges from Paris, he has no intention of submitting it to the Senate for ratification as a treaty. The administration argues that any agreement does not bind the United States to a course of action. Moreover, it says the Clean Air Act and the United Nations Framework on Climate Change signed by former President George H.W. Bush already give Obama the authority he needs to carry out climate

commitments.Trick or treaty? The legal question hanging over the Paris climate change conference

So Obama already has the power and will cut our emissions even more!

If it involves imposing any legal restrictions on U.S. citizens, then it's a treaty. Obama doesn't have the authority to write laws for Americans to follow.

Obama now implements what is called "Executive Agreements" and also passes laws via regulation.

This all bypasses Congress.

Obama is an authoritarian fascist. Proof positive that a persons skin color and not their Character is who the useful idiots voted into office. Martin Luther King is rolling in his grave. This is not what his dream was for this nation.

 

[Kosh]

What Paris Talks Have Accomplished So Far
By Michael Bloomberg

The two-week United Nations conference on climate change is halfway over, and no matter what else happens, it has already been a clear-cut success in two critical areas.

As important as a global accord is, the most influential actors on climate change have been cities and businesses, and leaders in both groups made it clear that they will not wait for an agreement that, if it comes together, won’t even take full effect until 2020.

Climate Change

Mayors and officials representing more than 500 cities organized and attended their own summit in Paris (which Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and I co-hosted). It was the first time local leaders had ever gathered in such numbers during a UN climate-change conference. They came not only to ensure that their voices were heard by heads of state, but also to express their determination to act on their own, and to learn from one another and share best practices.

Cities account for about 70 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions, and while some heads of state have been arguing over which countries should do more, cities recognize that reducing their emissions is in their own best interest. After all, when cities cut their emissions, they help their residents live longer, healthier lives. When they improve the energy efficiency of their buildings, they save their taxpayers money. When they invest in modern low-carbon infrastructure, they raise their residents’ standard of living. Taken together, these actions make cities more attractive to businesses and investors. Even if climate change were not a concern, reducing emissions would be smart policy.

City leaders rarely need to be convinced of the benefits of climate-related actions, and in Paris, they committed to doing more. By Saturday, more than 400 cities had signed the Compact of Mayors, which requires them to set bold climate goals, adopt a common measurement system for emissions, and publicly report their progress. If so many cities can agree to these three actions, why not nations?

The Compact of Mayors is the best insurance we have against backsliding by central governments, and it’s the best hope we have -- along with technological innovation -- for accelerating the pace of change in every region of the world over the next five years.

...
What Paris Talks Have Accomplished So Far

Paros talks created more CO2 in the air for all those people using their private transportation that doe snot meet the standards they want to set on the rest of society.

 

[gipper]

Very tired of it all Matthew. Very tiring and depressing. Until something is improved to Air Quality in China Korea and India, don't bring up Phony GW. It is a global scam, people need to oppose this nonsense.

A big part of that pollution is coal. if we shut down coal and go to solar, wind and nuclear = very little pollution.

one good solution.

Go do your part by shutting off your computer and going to bed... After all, your computer is using electricity that is probably produced by COAL!!!!

...and sleep outside under the stars around the camp fire.

NO fire... that creates smog and pollution not to mention CO2..

True enough...and the Left demands that poor nations who need electricity from coal to provide their citizens with better longer lives, to fuck off and die.

 

[Old Rocks]

Well, the treaties will be set up by adults, and you ignorant rednecks will be told to fuck off by all. This is but the first of several such summits where the world's leaders address a mutual problem.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Well, the treaties will be set up by adults, and you ignorant rednecks will be told to fuck off by all. This is but the first of several such summits where the world's leaders address a mutual problem.

Who gets to tell whom to fuck off now?



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