Political Quotes

“I include in the Record an editorial from The Wall Street Journal titled, ``Tilting at Climate Windmills,'' which notes that the massive spending bill reduces global temperatures at the most by 0.28 degrees. [From the Wall Street Journal] Tilting at Climate Windmills Shumer-Manchin will have little effect on the world's temperature (By Editorial Board) Nearly all of Washington--Democrats, the press, lobbyists-- is taking a victory lap with Senate passage of the Schumer- Manchin tax, climate and drug price control bill. The climate lobby is especially thrilled, claiming a historic victory that will reduce temperatures, hold back the rising sea, and save the planet. Or, maybe not. Our contributor Bjorn Lomborg looked at the Rhodium Group estimate for CO2 emissions reductions from Schumer-Manchin policies. He then plugged them into the United Nations climate model to measure the impact on global temperature by 2100. He finds the bill will reduce the estimated global temperature rise at the end of this century by all of 0.028 degrees Fahrenheit in the optimistic case. In the pessimistic case, the temperature difference will be 0.0009 degrees Fahrenheit. In other words, the climate provisions in this ballyhooed legislation will have no notable impact on the climate. This isn't surprising. No matter what the U.S. does to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, it will be dwarfed by what the rest of the world does.…”