Aborted Babies Could Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Fight Climate Change

Aborted Babies Could Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Fight Climate Change

by Joel B. Pollak 24 Apr 2014, 10:58 AM PDT

http://cdn.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/04/24/Aborted-Babies-Reduce-Greenhouse-Gases-Fight-Climate-Change

One possibly redeeming (or exacerbating) feature of the shocking story that aborted fetuses have been burned at an Oregon facility that converts biomedical waste into municipal energy is that the babies may have helped combat climate change. According to the website of Covanta, the energy company that operates the Oregon facility, the energy-from-waste (EfW) process "offsets greenhouse gases to combat climate change."

The alternative, the company points out, is depositing organic waste in landfills, where it will convert into methane and other hydrocarbons. Methane, which forms a three-dimensional, tetrahedral molecule, is a far more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, trapping far more heat per unit volume than the carbon dioxide that results from controlled combustion in an environmentally sensitive energy facility.

Other Covanta facilities provide formal carbon offsets to companies looking to reduce their impact on climate change. These facilities, both in Florida, generate "voluntary credits" that can be bought on the open market "by companies and organisations interested in voluntarily reducing greenhouse gases." A compulsory cap-and-trade system, such as exists in California, could place new market value on incinerated medical waste, including fetuses.

Covanta Energy

Covanta Holding Corporation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covanta_Energy

Covanta Energy Corporation (formerly the Ogden Corporation) owns and operates worldwide over forty new generation waste combustion facilities with added benefit of energy recovery, also known as waste-to-energy or energy-from-waste power generation plants. Facilities operated by Covanta produce electricity for approximately one million homes in communities across North America by converting municipal solid waste into renewable energy. The company’s operations offset the production of approximately 20 million tons of carbon dioxide annually by producing electricity without utilizing fossil-fuel and by diverting waste from landfills. The energy-from-waste process also includes the extraction of ferrous (steel) and non-ferrous (aluminum etc.) metals either before or after the combustion process. Approximately 400,000 tons of ferrous steel and non-ferrous metals are extracted at the company's facilities annually for recycling, avoiding mining activities associated with the production of a similar amount of virgin metals.

Note: Linda J. Fisher is a director at the Covanta Holding Corporation, was a director at the National Park Foundation, and a deputy administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Bryan Traubert is a director at the National Park Foundation, and married to Penny S. Pritzker.

Penny S. Pritzker is married to Bryan Traubert, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce for the Barack Obama administration, was the national finance chair, fundraiser for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a co-chair for the 2009 Barack Obama inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a contributor for the 2013 Barack Obama inaugural committee, the host for the Barack Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, and Craig M. Robinson’s basketball coach for the children's team.

Michelle Obama is Craig M. Robinson’s sister, and was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Rahm I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, Ezekiel Emanuel & Ari Emanuel’s brother, and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

Ezekiel Emanuel is Rahm I. Emanuel & Ari Emanuel’s brother, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was the health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Climate Reality Project, and the People for the American Way.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Carol M. Browner is a senior fellow, director at the Center for American Progress, a director at the Climate Reality Project, the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration, and an administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Margery Tabankin is a trustee at People for the American Way, and the treasurer for the Barbra Streisand Foundation.

Barbra Streisand Foundation was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Barbra Streisand is the founder of the Barbra Streisand Foundation, and William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.

Ari Emanuel is the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, and Rahm I. Emanuel & Ezekiel Emanuel’s brother.