THE TRENDIES MARCH ON – AT 11:43 A.M. ET:   Obama is stuffing the last period of his pathetic presidency with as many goodies for the left as he can handle.  Now he handles "climate change," the latest passion of the tofu crowd.  From Fox: 

President Barack Obama will impose steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants across the country than previously expected, senior administration officials said Sunday, in what the president called the most significant step the U.S. has ever taken to fight global warming.

The Obama administration is expected to finalize the rule at a White House event on Monday, a year after proposing unprecedented carbon dioxide limits. Obama, in a video posted on Facebook, said the limits were backed up by decades of data and facts showing that without tough action, the world will face more extreme weather and escalating health problems like asthma.

"Climate change is not a problem for another generation," Obama said. "Not anymore."

Initially, Obama had mandated a 30 percent nationwide cut in carbon dioxide emission by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. The final version, which follows extensive consultations with environmental groups and the energy industry, will require a 32 percent cut instead, according to White House officials.

Opponents said they would sue the government immediately. The also planned to ask the courts to put the rule on hold while legal challenges play out.

The steeper version also gives states an additional two years to comply, officials said, yielding to complaints that the original deadline was too soon. The new deadline is set for 2022. States will also have until 2018 instead of 2017 to submit their plans for how they intend to meet their targets.

COMMENT:  Should we move toward cleaner, more efficient energy?  Yes, of course.  We always should.  But this is hardly the way to do it.  Obama's "plan" is based on shoddy "science," which gets more wobbly every year.  The more we learn about "climate science," the more we realize how uncertain it is.

And the replacements for current energy sources don't seem all that promising.  And their cost can drive electric bills into the, uh, atmosphere.  When people start getting those bills, they'll scream, but the Obama crowd will blame the utilities, not themselves. 

And what about other high-energy-using countries?  Will they comply with international demands to lower their production of greenhouse gases?  Are we kidding?  Next time China does something for the environment, let me know.  In Chinese.

August 2, 2015