Cooper has generally been a rather normal Democrat, as required in a Southern state such as North Carolina. Perhaps he’s thinking of actually running for president in 2024, as there’s no way Biden will have his party’s support
Cooper embraces ‘environmental justice’ with climate change order
A day after the one-year anniversary of an event that laid bare the political divisions of a nation already undergoing a racial reckoning, Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday signed an executive order that acknowledges an extricable link between the threats of climate change and the vulnerability of underserved North Carolina communities least equipped to deal with its impact or embrace the opportunities of a green economy.
Cooper’s order enhances earlier state goals for reducing carbon emissions and adding electric vehicles while aiming to ensure that areas left behind from North Carolina’s growth are protected environmentally and empowered economically.
“For too long, our low- and moderate-income communities, our communities of color, our indigenous communities have been disproportionally impacted by pollution and climate change,” Cooper said before signing the document during a ceremony at N.C. A&T State University. “With this order, we commit to increase the goals of greenhouse gas reduction, and move more quickly to clean transportation and to curb environmental injustices that affect our most vulnerable communities.”
Cooper’s order calls for a 50% reduction in the state’s greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, and “net-zero” emissions no later than 2050.
Interesting that he took a short fossil fueled from Raleigh to Greensboro, about an hour and a half drive, to yammer about Evil fossil fuels, eh? What, exactly, is Cooper doing in his own life and that of the Governor’s office?
The document also sets a goal of adding at least 1.25 million registered zero-emission vehicles in North Carolina by 2030, and having zero-emission vehicles account for 50% of new auto sales in the state in 2030.
People are already mad about paying MSRP for new vehicles, and prices higher than MSRP for used cars. As it stands, only a bit above 10% of new cars sold are hybrids. Regardless, this is all climavirtue signaling to the climate cult, and Elites like Cooper will make no changes in their own lives.
Meanwhile
Climate change means you could see more armadillos in North Carolina
Over the past couple years, there has been an increase in armadillo sightings across the Carolinas, and officials with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission says it’s due to climate change.
Armadillos have been spotted in 23 counties across North Carolina, including Wake and Durham. Since 2007, there have been as many as 30 sightings of armadillos in Wake County.
This is all your fault.
Our distinguished host quoted:
You’re the car guy: how many vehicles are registered in the Tar Heel State, and how many are ‘zero emission”? How many new cars are sold each year in Carolina, and what percentage of them would have to be plug in electrics to meet the goal of 1.25 million?
Blah, blah, blah, women and minorities hardest hit.
This got old decades ago.
That’s wat I love about leftists. If they have an idea they think is good they want to make everybody do it. Like they are doing with Covid. One answer for everyone regardless of the outcome.
So this moron figures in 8 years NC will have enough electric power for all these vehicles, their charging stations and repair facilities. These idiots are headed toward failure but fortunately for them being leftists and communists they never have to say they’re sorry. Just like Covid.
“One answer for everone”
Just like that leftist Reagan did when he mandated seat belts for everyone. Who should decide on seatbelts/vaccinations/drunk driving, me or BIG GOVERNMENT? What kills more covid or cars?
Hairy: “Just like that leftist Reagan did when he mandated seat belts for everyone.”
Once again the ignorance of leftism is self evident in that statement. Regan did not mandate seatbelts for everyone.
“However, the first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Safety Standard, which took effect on January 1, 1968, that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating positions.[1] This law has since been modified to require three-point seat belts in outboard-seating positions, and finally three-point seat belts in all seating positions.[2] Initially, seat belt use was voluntary. ”
You are also advised that seatbelts were mandated for vehicles, not drivers. They were voluntary for drivers and still are under federal law. State laws may vary.
Hairy: “Who should decide on seatbelts/vaccinations/drunk driving, me or BIG GOVERNMENT? “
The individual should decide on everything that affects himself that does not injure others including seatbelts, vaccinations and gun ownership and more. Drunk driving like arson harm others and should be decided by the moral judgement of a lawful government. That would exclude pedophile junta which is neither moral nor lawful.
I doubt it, but it could be true. Show evidence. Or STFU. Either will work.
Cars. Constant rate versus a bump on the graph. Try again.
It will take at least 20 years of vehicular deaths to equal the pandemic deaths.
We have federal safety laws regarding construction and performance of braking and steering systems, materials, glass, tires, lights, child restraints, seats, seat belts, airbags, locks, structural integrity, trunk releases and a hundred others. The horror. Don’t even get started on the safety regulations of highway design and construction. Not to mention safety barriers.
Coincidentally overall vehicular deaths and deaths/million people and deaths/mile driven have dropped dramatically from the 1960s to now.