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Obama To Ask For $1 Billion Climate Change Fund

Posted by samzenpus on from the won't-somebody-please-think-of-the-cost? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "President Obama will ask Congress for a $1 billion 'Climate Resilience Fund' in his proposed budget next month. From the article: 'Obama is expected to release his proposed 2015 budget in early March. The prospects for the climate fund are uncertain in a Republican-controlled House. But Obama, who made preparation for climate change one of the major themes of the climate action plan he released in June, will continue to press for the need to adapt, according to the White House.'"

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  1. Just say "No" by Banichi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just say No to this.
    The U.S. is doing fairly well on pollution, It's the third world up-and-comers with a massive increase in their oil budgets and no, or suppressed, or wholly state-owned, watchdogs who are polluting the world.

    A pork fund by any other name is still a pork fund.

  2. It's a 1 billion dollar slush fund. by SensitiveMale · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't be fooled.

  3. Re: Sure, why not? by WindBourne · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Good work on the list, but even then, that list is not complete. For example, it does not include Tesla, of which .5B was lent to them and since repaid. And how much of a difference has it made? Huge. They have forced all of other car makers (save nissan) to build electric cars, even though they do not want to.

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