We've Feigned Listening

Now we are going to repeat what we want, claim it is based in scientific truth, and deflect expected criticism by claiming some folks are going to be more healthy because of it.
Yes, it is White House spam again, normally I would applied the political label to this post but now I am considering changing the classification to Junk Mail.
Today's email from the Environmental Protection Agency under the banner of the White House...

Hi, everyone --

This past Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed national limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants for the first time.

Since then, folks across the country -- on editorial boards, in classrooms, on front porches -- have been weighing in on why this is so important. And with that in mind, here's something I want to make clear:

We’re already experiencing the effects of climate change today -- but don't just think about this proposed rule in terms of the country we're living in right now. Think about the one we and our children are going to be living in by 2030.

Thanks to these limits, that country will have a 30 percent reduction in carbon pollution from the power sector. It will also have 25 percent less smog and soot, meaning children will have an estimated 150,000 fewer asthma attacks each year -- and they'll miss an estimated 180,000 fewer days of school. Americans across the board will have up to 3,300 fewer heart attacks a year.

And now that the rule has been proposed, you can participate in the process.

Right now, we're accepting comments from the public about the proposed power plant rule.

So if you've got something to say, you can submit a public comment here.

And if you want to get some more details about why this is good for the environment and public health -- or spread the word about why it's a big deal -- you can take a look at this infographic, and then pass it on.

Right now, we're in the process of developing the policies that will keep our planet clean and our kids healthy for years to come.

You can participate in that process right now. So if you've got a comment, you can make it here.

Thanks,

Administrator Gina McCarthy

Environmental Protection Agency

Never mind the fact that there has been no increase in planetary temperature in the last 17 years. Never mind the fact that Congress refused to pass legislation of similar construct.  The President believes it, so he is going to do it.  This is poor decision making based on the conclusions of scientists fighting over government grants. Conclusions by nonobjective scientists that manipulate statistics in a manner that common sense would preclude.
Georgia generates a lot of electricity from coal, one of the largest generating plants in the country is less than 50 miles from my house.  This misguided overreaching is going to hurt the state of Georgia and cost me money.
I don't have asthma, nobody in my family does.
And I don't see any damned smog in the air.
These folks pretend like they have their ear to the pulse of the country; they do not.
Thanks for fucking us over you sanctimonious assholes.