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Here's more from the National Climate Assessment in September 2013,

April 8, 2019 by Kimberly Parks

Here's more from the National Climate Assessment in September 2013, that reportedly stated that the U.S. Climate Change Act of 2013 has "reduced CO2 emissions of over 1 million tons of greenhouse-gas particles over the past 150 years from their current levels of 0.5 to 0.9 percent." These claims are false.

It also claims that "The average American household consumes about 2,400 tons of carbon dioxide per year, but the cost of all of the carbon dioxide that is emitted has been lowered by more than 80 percent in the past thirty years ."

Here's something you need to know: the National Climate Assessment is basically about the effect of carbon emissions on human health and environmental well-being. We know that CO2 is a greenhouse gas that can be released from our own body, causing serious health issues, including heart attacks, kidney problems, and strokes. It is also a greenhouse gas that can be released from animals, plants, the atmosphere, and the oceans.

However, when we look at our own climate and the actions our politicians take to address these health and environmental issues, the National Climate Assessment has shown us that we are not just emitting more CO2 per year (because we are not emitting CO2) but we have done the opposite.

Here's a chart that shows the amount of CO2 released by our climate:

(Image: Flickr user Michael McTeague)

(Image: Flickr user Michael McTeague)

A recent study by the University of Maryland and the University of Virginia shows that the United States has significantly reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 6.2 and 11.2 percent, respectively. The average American household consumes 5,000 or more tons of carbon dioxide per year, but the cost of all of the carbon dioxide that is emitted has been lowered by more than 80 percent in the past thirty years.

(Image: Flickr user Michael McTeague)

As a result of these reductions, the average American household will have only about 1,200 tons of carbon dioxide emitted this century.

It is estimated that the average CO2 emission reduction to the air we breathe will increase by 20 percent between the end of this century and 2050.

The National Climate Assessment is not about climate change. It is about the role of government.