Letter: EPA regresses on climate change
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Recently, the Donald Trump-appointed head of the Environmental Protection Agency pleased his boss by attempting to rescind authority over greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that lead to climate change. Instead, all GHG emissions standards are to be repealed.
To support this, Trump has proposed a budget to defund a facility high up on Mauna Loa, as well as others, that have been measuring an increasing amount of carbon dioxide and methane in our atmosphere. When statistics are not favorable, just terminate them.
I can imagine a similar situation some centuries ago. A certain king was confronted with evidence that the world was round. The king, refusing to accept this, imprisoned or banished those who made such a claim. The world was flat, because he could see the world was flat. And he was not to be corrected.
The Environmental Protection Agency now transitions to the Environmental Destruction Agency.
Bill Cunningham
Kaneohe
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