RIP: NPR: ‘Jimmy Carter’s legacy is seen in climate change action today’ – WaPo: If Carter had 2nd term, ‘we likely wouldn’t be having a climate crisis right now’
NPR: Jimmy Carter's environmental legacy set the foundation for today's climate action - December 29, 2024 - By Jeff Brady - NPR Excerpt: Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died at his home in Plains, Ga., on Sunday. He was 100. ...
Shortly after Carter took office in 1977, he delivered what has become known as the "sweater speech." Sitting by a lit fireplace, he wore a cardigan sweater and addressed the country on television. "All of us must learn to waste less energy. Simply by keeping our thermostats, for instance, at 65 degrees in the daytime and 55 degrees at night we could save half the current shortage of natural gas," Carter said. ... Still, energy experts then were thinking about the possibility that oil and gas could run out. That prompted Carter to encourage alternative sources of energy. "He even put solar panels, famously, on the White House," Jaffe says. ... By the end of the 20th century, Carter wanted the U.S. to get "20% of all the energy we use from the sun." The country still hasn't reached that goal, though more than 80% of new generating capacity this year is expected to come from solar and battery storage.
#
Wash Post in 2021 rewrites history & reality: Reagan now blamed for ‘global warming’ – ‘If Prez Carter had gotten an extra term in office, we likely wouldn’t be having a climate crisis right now’ -
https://www.climatedepot.com/2024/12/30/rip-npr-jimmy-carters-legacy-is-seen-in-climate-change-action-today-wapo-if-carter-had-2nd-term-we-likely-wouldnt-be-having-a-climate-crisis-right-now/
