I discovered another Notice of Public Hearing, this time by Tina Wehrmeister, Secretary to the Antioch Planning Commission, stating that the City will be holding a public hearing on May 24th to review and APPROVE a Municipal and Community Climate Action Plan, outlining how the City and community can reach greenhouse gas emission reduction goals set by Resolution 2009/57. The draft plan is available for review on the City website at www.antiochclimateaction.org.

I went to the website where I found a 40-page plan drafted by the Dominican University of California Green MBA Team. The Dominican University is based in the San Franciscan Bay Area, although its network extends beyond Northern California to global partners. It seeks to promote “financial viability, ecological sustainability and social justice in business and organizations of all types.” Graduates receive a Master’s degree in Sustainable Enterprise.

The plan, which touts “notable” climate change legislation in California, includes no mention of AB32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 authored by Fabian Nuñez, former Assembly Speaker.

Implementation of AB32, due to go into effect next January, has been delayed by a court ruling that the state must spend more time studying alternatives to the measure’s key feature. The Dominican University plan does, however, for some unfathomable reason, include a photo of former Councilman Reggie Moore and Deer Valley High Principal Clarence Isadore.

From the plan, it appears that the City of Antioch is committing to reducing community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 25% below the baseline year of 2005 by the year 2020 – and 30% below by 2050 through various changes in land use and transportation, green building and energy, and, of course, education and behavior.

Good grief. Why are our politicians buying this green ideology when the non-peer-reviewed global warming report issued by the Climate Research Unit of the United Kingdom’s University of East Anglia has been discredited by numerous scientists? The green agenda is an ideology which is receiving heavy government subsidies, despite the fact that carbon dioxide is a minor greenhouse gas and 90% of the warming from greenhouse gases is caused by water vapor.

Anyone want a bridge? I have one for sale.

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