The doomsday climate cult has to doomsday, you know
Pennsylvania projected to warm 5.9 degrees by 2050, state climate report says
The Wolf administration issued a report Wednesday projecting that the average annual temperature in Pennsylvania will rise 5.9 degrees by 2050, posing increased risks to the environment and human health.
Officials from multiple state agencies announced Wednesday the findings of the 2021 Climate Impacts Assessment report, saying it underscores a need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The state Department of Environmental Protection makes the periodic assessment under orders by the state’s Climate Change Act. The last assessment in 2015 anticipated a 5.4-degree average statewide increase from a baseline period of 1971 to 2000, so newer data suggest warming has accelerated.
The world has warmed just 1.5F since 1850, so, prognosticating a 5.9F increase in the next 30 years is beyond wackadoodle (that’s a scientific term, you know). Using that short baseline period allows the unhinged doomsday cultists to ignore the long term data. But, then, this really is all about attempting to scare people.
Rafiyqa Muhammad, an environmental justice community leader in Harrisburg, mentioned at the Wednesday news conference “crazy storms coming out of nowhere†that have impacted her area.
It’s called weather. Get a real job.
“We need to take action immediately,†Muhammad said. “We can’t wait until midcentury.â€
You’re welcome to take action in your own life. Stop trying to force more government control. And that is the point of the scary report: get people to give up their money, freedom, and choice.
The report placed particular importance on environmental justice, given that not all residents will be affected equally. Age, race and ethnicity, income, lack of transportation, having to work outdoors, or living close to toxic sites or hazardous facilities all play a role in worsening outcomes from heat and wetter weather.
So, this really isn’t about science.
Wednesday’s report came a day after the Wolf administration proposed a rule to lower carbon emissions through a program that sets an emissions cap by giving power plants allowances, which they can buy and sell on the market. Companies that reduce emissions benefit; those that don’t, pay a price.
No, they pass that price on either way.
The rule is needed for the state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an effort by 11 states, including neighboring New Jersey and New York, to lower power plant emissions 30% by 2030. The Wolf administration wants to join the group, but the GOP-controlled legislature has been fighting it.
Interestingly, neither the Wolf admin nor the admins in those 11 states are giving up their own use of fossil fuels or reducing their own carbon footprints, just forcing others to do so.
