As his time in office winds down – President Obama is starting to focus on legacy issues. One of them is global warming. Of all the presidents in American history – President Obama has arguably done the most to fight global warming. Among other things – he’s put in place the Clean Power Plan – helped negotiate the Paris Climate Deal – and after some prodding by activists – rejected the Keystone XL pipeline. These are all good things – which makes his recent decision to expand offshore drilling in the Arctic all the more distressing – especially given the findings in a new report from Greenpeace. That report has found that the Obama administration’s offshore drilling plan would “lead to a net increase in global carbon emissions of about 850 million metric tons of carbon dioxide… equivalent to the annual emissions of 3.6 million passenger vehicles over fifty years.”
Feds Ok Off-Shore Fracking… Are They Nuts? – The Big Picture
