Secretary of State John Kerry’s signing of the Paris international climate agreement this past weekend prompted Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe to call it an agreement that President Obama cannot deliver his commitments.
“His so-called Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of his efforts, has been rejected by a bipartisan majority in Congress and lacks support from the American people,” said the Senator who is widely known for his anti-climate warming believes. “Even with the Clean Power Plan, the administration will miss its emission reduction targets by 45 percent, and that number grows to 60 percent if the regulation is overturned. It makes sense that confidence around the Paris agreement is beginning to crumble.”
Senator Inhofe said instead of focusing on actual bipartisan achievements by Congress, the Obama administration was celebrating the newly rebranded “International Mother Earth Day” by signing the hollow Paris climate agreement.
The Senator pointed to what he called strides the nation has made and will continue to make for the environment because of private-sector innovation.
“Since 1970, we have reduced air pollution by 68 percent while our energy consumption has increased by 44 percent. Our air is cleaner today than it has ever been,” said Inhofe.
He said the nation should be learning from the failures of the Kyoto Protocol.
“Countries will forgo climate pledges when they are forced to choose between their economies and the unsettled science of man-driven climate change,” said the Senator. “Just like the Kyoto Protocol, without Congress and without the support of the American people, the Paris climate agreement ultimately will fail.”
