{"id":26233,"date":"2015-08-09T15:32:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T19:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26233"},"modified":"2015-08-09T15:32:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T19:32:25","slug":"following-the-money-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26233","title":{"rendered":"Following The Money On Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 30, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/national\/2015\/07\/30\/377086.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The Insurance Journal <\/a>posted an article about the climate change industry. Yes, you read that right. Climate change has become an industry.<\/p>\n<p>This is a chart taken from the article:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ccbj-climate-consulting-graphic-jpg-580x258.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Climate Change Business Journal\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>On Monday the final version of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Environmental Protection Agency\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> Clean Power Plan, national <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Emission standard\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emission_standard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">air pollution regulation<\/a> aimed at curbing <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Greenhouse gas\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greenhouse_gas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">carbon emissions<\/a> from <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Power station\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Power_station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">power plants<\/a>, is scheduled to be released.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Ferrier believes the plan may eventually prove to be a driver of further growth in the industry. That is if the plan withstands any legal challenges from states, industries and entities opposed to it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cI think the EPA\u2019s Clean Power Plan has a lot more teeth to it than many other attempts of the past,\u201d Ferrier said. \u201cI think we\u2019ll see more (growth) out of that.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Following this more <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Politics of global warming\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politics_of_global_warming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">climate change policy<\/a> could come out of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">United Nations Climate Change Conference<\/a> in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Paris, Banks of the Seine\" href=\"http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"unesco\">Paris<\/a> in December,\u00a0also called COP21\u00a0or\u00a0CMP11.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cI think we\u2019ll see the U.S. and <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"China\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=39.9166666667,116.383333333&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=39.9166666667,116.383333333 (China)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">China<\/a> possibly make more comprehensive commitments rather than at past meetings, where they let the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Europe\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">European<\/a> leadership of the group make commitments while they sat on the sidelines,\u201d Ferrier said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Policy, or the anticipation of new policy, has been one of the biggest drivers of the industry, the report shows.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I suppose we need to give the Obama Administration credit for growing the economy at least in one area. The fact that his\u00a0policies are causing <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667 (United%20States)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Americans<\/a> to lower their standard of living and taking away our freedoms and national sovereignty does not seem to bother the President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 30, The Insurance Journal posted an article about the climate change industry. Yes, you read that right. Climate change has become an industry. 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