Shown on the first video below Speaker Pelosi defends yesterday's agreed upon weak COP 15 Climate Change deal which sets NO Emission Reduction Targets, doesn't reduce Greenhouse Gases and will probably create additional Taxes thus causing our Energy bills to increase, by saying "2010 for Democrats will be all about JOBS, JOBS, JOBS and JOBS".
JOBS should have been what Democrats needed to focus on in 2009, then tackled Health Care Reform but that's another story.
Do I believe that Climate Change is real? Yes!
Am I against global efforts to stop or slow down Climate Change? No however....
Since this so-called new Climate Change Deal is Legally Non-Binding and doesn't actually reduce Emissions or Greenhouse Gases what good is it?
President Obama didn't even sign this weak agreement.
Why?
He knows its NOT sufficient!
President Obama has also heard about possible "Cap & Trade" Fraud stemming from this agreement.
As I mentioned above just more Political posturing to save Democrat seats in 2010.
Is Political Posturing the "CHANGE" Americans voted for back in 2008?
And...
Since Charlotte's New Mayor Anthony Foxx recently signed the U.S. Mayors' Climate Change Agreement, this further proves most Black Politicians will do ANYTHING if they think it will procure more Federal Dollars (Stimulus Funds) of which often is wasted on junk versus anything truly effective for local Constituents.
For example Newark, NJ Mayor Corey Booker used some of his Stimulus Funds to Launch a "Green Collar" Jobs Training program.
Booker's well thought out venture is the equivalent of a Blue Collar Jobs training program which not only offers Low Income and Underemployed citizens an opportunity to learn more marketable skills to support their families but it also lowers Newark's Unemployment rate.
I applaud Mayor Booker for instead of spitting out empty "Green Jobs" rhetoric or choosing to focus ONLY on his region's Wealthy Voters (like Charlotte Politicians do), he is using Federal dollars to invest in the lives of more Needy Constituents by creating real JOBS.
After all isn't that what Pres. Obama's Stimulus Package was really supposed to do?
Democrats get a clue and take a hint from Mayor Corey Booker!
Stop all the FAKE Political Posturing, be Creative, be Bold, use Federal dollars Responsibly and Help make America a better place for ALL people, NOT just Wealthy citizens.
Kudos to you Mayor Booker and God Bless!
NOTE:
To further substantiate my commentary check out the articles below.
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Copenhagen Deadlock Wrapped Up As Emissions Deal
The United Nations Climate Change Summit ended last night without setting any emission reduction targets.
President Obama forged a non-binding agreement with his counterparts in China, India, Brazil and South Africa but it was unclear whether all 192 countries would accept the compromise text.
Mr. Obama said that a “fundamental deadlock in perspectives” had overshadowed the negotiations. He described the deal as “meaningful” but admitted that it would not be enough to prevent global warming. “We have much further to go,” he said.
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Despite two years of negotiations, the key sticking points — Emissions cuts, monitoring of emissions and the legal nature of the deal — all re-emerged in the final hours
The agreement merely repeated an aspiration to keep the global temperature increase to 2C without explaining how that would be achieved. The final text also failed to mention any deadline for turning it into a binding treaty.
It was a humiliation for Gordon Brown, who has spent longer working on it than any other world leader. He admitted the conference had only taken the first step towards tackling climate change and said that he hoped that progress would be made at a conference in Germany next summer or one in Mexico at the end of the year.
The one positive outcome for developing countries was a commitment by rich countries to provide $30 billion of climate aid over the next three years and $100 billion a year from 2020.
The US announced by far the lowest pledge. It will contribute $3.6 billion between 2010 and 2012, while Japan will give $11 billion and the European Union $10.6 billion.
A deadline of February 1 is expected to be set for all countries to publish emissions targets, although there was no sign last night that any country would move beyond existing offers.
In a statement, released at 10.30pm, the White House described the agreement as meaningful.
“No country is entirely satisfied with each element but this is a meaningful and historic step forward and a foundation from which to make further progress,” it said.
It had been a day of tension, elation and snubs. US negotiators were taken aback that the Chinese leader sent his deputy to the main negotiations. Wen Jiabao, the Prime Minister, was said to have taken offence at President Obama’s speech to delegates not to agree on “empty words on a page”. World leaders began leaving the summit before anything was signed.
The Kenyan delegation expressed horror that President Chávez of Venezuela had been given the opportunity to grandstand from the podium denouncing “the Yankee empire”.
Drafts of the “Copenhagen accord” were leaked every couple of hours, each one sacrificing another commitment in the desperate scramble to achieve a compromise. And despite two years of negotiations, the key sticking points — emissions cuts, monitoring of emissions and the legal nature of the deal — all re-emerged in the final hours.
Commenting on the draft Copenhagen Accord, the Greenpeace climate campaigner Joss Garman said tonight: "This latest draft is so weak as to be meaningless. It’s more like a G8 communiqué than the legally binding agreement we need.
"It doesn’t even include a timeline to give it legal standing or an explicit temperature target. It’s hard to imagine our leaders will try to present this document to the world and keep a straight face."
Anthony Foxx Signs Mayors' Climate Agreement
New Mayor Anthony Foxx has added Charlotte to a long list of U.S. cities committed to taking action on climate change.
Foxx on Thursday signed a U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement that his predecessor, Pat McCrory, helped draft in 2005 but himself refused to endorse.
McCrory led the mayors' committee that drafted the agreement, but faulted it for not including nuclear power among possible solutions.
Charlotte City Council instead approved an alternative climate resolution in 2007.
Foxx noted that signing the Mayors' Agreement now is largely symbolic since Charlotte is already doing much of what the document requires.
But, he added, “we cannot afford to sit on the sidelines.”
The Sierra Club's Cool Cities Campaign has pushed Charlotte to join the 48 N.C. communities that have already signed the agreement. Josh Thomas, chair of the Central Piedmont group, called Foxx's signing a “strong statement” to protect the city and its resources.
The agreement, already adopted by more than 1,000 U.S. cities and towns, commits Charlotte to curbing emissions of greenhouse gases. The overarching goal is a 7 percent reduction from 1990 levels by 2012.
Charlotte's recently-completed inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, its light rail system and new sustainable-facility policy are steps in that direction, said local Sierra Club members.
Charlotte is also applying for $6.5 million in Federal Stimulus grants to pay for 18 energy-saving projects. Among them are retrofits of low-income housing and commercial buildings, the purchase of several electric vehicles for city staff and bicycle-safety improvements.
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Sources: Timesonline.co.uk, NJ.com, MSNBC, Politico, Fox News, Charlotte Biz Journals, Sierra Club, McClatchy Newspapers, Charlotte Observer, City of Newark, Charmeck.org, Whitehouse.gov, Recovery.gov, Google Maps
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