Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Resists Global Climate Change Efforts
https://politicalwire.com/2018/12/09/trump-resists-global-climate-change-efforts/"SNIP.....
The United States joined a controversial proposal by Saudi Arabia and Russia this weekend to weaken a reference to a key report on the severity of global warming, sharpening battle lines at the global climate summit in Poland aimed at gaining consensus over how to combat rising temperatures, the Washington Post reports.
The U.S. position lines up with the views of the Trump administration, which is plowing ahead with a raft of aggressive policies on coal power and oil exploration that are likely to worsen the effects of climate change steamrolling over dire environmental warnings issued by the administrations own team of experts in a major report just two weeks ago.
.......SNIP"
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
4 replies, 501 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (3)
ReplyReply to this post
4 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Trump Resists Global Climate Change Efforts (Original Post)
applegrove
Dec 2018
OP
Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)1. He obiously could care less sbout his son, Barron, or his grandchildren.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)2. Yep. Trump and others know they won't personally suffer the effects of climate change, so who cares.
Trump, though, did have enough sense to get permission to build a wall around one of his coastal golf courses.
Rhiannon12866
(204,611 posts)4. I've wondered about that, too
Is he absolutely incapable of thinking of anyone else - even his own family??
applegrove
(118,460 posts)3. Maybe Russia, the Saudis and Trump's USA should be called the Axis of Oil?