Defying Trump, Senate panel approves funding for U.N. climate body

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-climatechange/defying-trump-senate-panel-approves-funding-for-u-n-climate-body-idUSKCN1BJ1LA?rpc=401&

 

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee passed a spending bill on Thursday evening that includes $10 million to help fund the United Nations’ climate change body that oversees the Paris Climate Agreement, despite President Donald Trump’s decision to stop funding it.

The 30-member Senate panel, which allocates federal funds to various government agencies and organizations, approved a $51 billion spending bill for the State Department and foreign operations, which included an amendment to continue funding the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change as well as the scientific body the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The amendment passed even though the 2018 budget proposal that Trump, a Republican, introduced earlier this year eliminated support of any mechanism to finance climate change projects in developing countries and organizations.

 

The United States is still a party to the 1992 UNFCCC, which oversees the Paris agreement, although Trump announced in June that he would withdraw the nation from the global climate pact and cease funding the Green Climate Fund, which supports clean energy and climate adaptation projects in vulnerable countries.

The United States has usually contributed to around 20 percent of the UNFCCC budget.

Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, the amendment’s author, said on Twitter on Thursday: “Despite @RealDonaldTrump’s dangerous #ParisAgreement decision & unwillingness to act, we can & will fight back to combat #climatedisruption.”

[jg121783 3,915]

Too bad the president controls the State Department and how their funds are utilized.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

4 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

Too bad the president controls the State Department and how their funds are utilized.

 

This is an appropriation.   He can veto and risk an override but an appropriation can only be used as intended.

[Boiler 45,519]

Money wasted

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Second loss of the day for the Trumpster. Court of Appeals also blocked the extended family portion of his Muslim, I mean Immigration *wink wink ban.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

6 minutes ago, ready4ONE said:

Second loss of the day for the Trumpster. Court of Appeals also blocked the extended family portion of his Muslim, I mean Immigration *wink wink ban.

Queue the "the 9th district is the most overturned court" sub discussion them music

[jg121783 3,915]

We saw what happened the last time lower courts attempted to legislate from the bench.

Edited September 8, 2017 by jg121783

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

13 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

We saw what happened the last time lower courts attempted to legislate from the bench.

Last time?  If I watch Tucker Carlson every ruling from the lower court is an attempt to legislate.

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13 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

We saw what happened the last time lower courts attempted to legislate from the bench.

Trump: "Yeah, I saw what happened last time.  The court blocked me!!!  We should tear up the constitution and get rid of the FAKE courts all together!!!:

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

7 minutes ago, Tahoma said:

Trump: "Yeah, I saw what happened last time.  The court blocked me!!!  We should tear up the constitution and get rid of the FAKE courts all together!!!:

you know what will happen if we let courts interpret the laws? 

Will we then have a modern legal system? 

but activist judges...

..are doing their job by protecting the minority from the tyranny of the majority?