Hank: without political will from Congress and the President, US emissions cuts will stall (2017)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2017-06-02) · owner: Hank
Explaining the Paris climate agreement in 2017, Hank said US emissions progress would stall if Congress and the President lacked the political will to continue it.
About: United States Congress, Donald Trump, Thomas Edison
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-02 | predicted | Hank says that if Congress's majority party and the President deny human-caused climate change and keep investing in Edison-era energy systems, US progress will stall. | The Paris Accord: What is it? And What Does it All Mean? 00:04:48 |
What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2017-06-02 · The Paris Accord: What is it? And What Does it All Mean? — Hank dates his timeline from 1882, when Thomas Edison built the first centralized coal-fired power plant, though coal was used long before. — 00:00:38
- 2017-06-02 · The Paris Accord: What is it? And What Does it All Mean? — Hank says other countries are pledging to move forward without the US, and several US states with the largest economies plan to abide by the agreement. — 00:05:02
- 2017-06-02 · The Paris Accord: What is it? And What Does it All Mean? — Hank says without the US, which emits 18% of the world's greenhouse gases with 4% of its population, the agreement is considerably weakened. — 00:05:12
- 2017-06-02 · The Paris Accord: What is it? And What Does it All Mean? — Hank asks why other countries would hold up their side if the country that benefited most from the CO2 now in the atmosphere shirks its responsibility. — 00:05:22
- 2017-06-02 · The Paris Accord: What is it? And What Does it All Mean? — Hank is tired of politicians pretending we don't all share this big, beautiful but quite small planet. — 00:05:30
- 2017-06-02 · The Paris Accord: What is it? And What Does it All Mean? — Hank was proud his country led in establishing the Paris Agreement and is ashamed of its step back from uniting humanity against this global challenge. — 00:05:38