By Mark Drajem
President Barack Obama is preparing to tell all federal agencies for the first time that they should consider the impact on global warming before approving major projects, from pipelines to highways.
The result could be significant delays for natural gas- export facilities, ports for coal sales to Asia, and even new forest roads, industry lobbyists warn.
“It’s got us very freaked out,” said Ross Eisenberg, vice president of the National Association of Manufacturers, a Washington-based group that represents 11,000 companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and Southern Co. (SO) The standards, which constitute guidance for agencies and not new regulations, are set to be issued in the coming weeks, according to lawyers briefed by administration officials.
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Hi Catherine,
I don’t know where to post this so I do it here:
If you feel inclined to ask your team to look into an old Chicago Tribune article from somewhere in late 1960’s early 1970’s my father kept saying: “The scientist’s are playing with the weather again.” I had heard that more than once from him and so did other family members when I asked them if they remembered. We just dismissed him as nuts. He never encouraged us to read it ourselves and our mother liked to think of him as nuts or an really smart man (my assessment). Fifties culture?
It doesn’t really matter except that he might have been reading things back then that are affecting us now?
It wouldn’t hurt to take a look…
Karen
Karen:
Good point. I keep reading and trying to understand this subject. Hard to get good information,
Catherine