The E.P.A. is Proposing to Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants!!
Once again, the current administration is going against the advise of scientists, and stating that coal and gas fired power plants do not significantly add to
greenhouse gas emissions, even though, according to the E.P.A. website, (Environmental Protection Agency) it is the second largest source of greenhouse gases in the United States, next to transportation. Globally, power plants are responsible for 30% of the pollution that is driving climate change!
“Fossil fuel power plants are the single largest industrial source of climate destabilizing carbon dioxide in the United States, and emit pollution levels that exceed the vast majority of countries in the world,” said Vickie Patton, general counsel for the Environmental Defense Fund, an environmental group. She called the proposed regulation “an abuse of the E.P.A.’s responsibility under the law” and added, “It flies in the face of common sense and puts millions of people in harms way to say the single largest industrial source of carbon dioxide in the United States is not significant.”
I find this infuriating! Most people understand that climate change is real, including the vast majority of scientist, yet our government agency that is assigned with protecting us and our environment, is doing the opposite!!
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American Breakfast Cereals are Becoming Less Healthy, Study Finds!
According to a new study published in JAMA Network Open, the amount of sugar, fat and salt in American cereals, predominately marketed to children, has increased by over 30%, and the amount of sugar has increased by 11% in the past 10 years. The study stated that about one third of all American children start their day with R.T.E. Cereal (ready to eat), and that the cereal has become less nutritious, even though the awareness about consuming too much sugar, fat and salt is not good for one’s health. We know that these ingredients (along with artificial dyes and preservastives), is linked to childhood obesity, diabetes, and cancer.
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