Trump Cons On Climate

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ThinkProgress ‏@thinkprogress 28m28 minutes ago
Trump cons the media on climate http://thkpr.gs/9c4020738663

As a candidate, Trump was quite clear about his intentions for the environment. He pledged to end all federal spending on clean energy research and development, plus all other spending on anything to do with climate change. He vowed to “cancel” the landmark Paris climate agreement. He has repeatedly denied the reality of climate change. Nevertheless, the hope that he would soften those extreme positions as president persisted.

Building on anonymously-sourced reports that Ivanka wanted to take on a more substantive role, with climate change as one of her key issues, the announcement that she was meeting with Gore on Tuesday — specifically to discuss climate — generated significant interest. That only increased when it was revealed Gore spent the bulk of his time with the president-elect and found the conversation “very productive.”

On Wednesday, Trump and his daughter met with DiCaprio, and reportedly received a presentation on the economic benefits of renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure. That same day, the president-elect selected Pruitt to run the EPA.

Pruitt has obfuscated the scientific consensus regarding climate change, claiming falsely that “scientists continue to disagree about the degree and extent of global warming and its connection to the actions of mankind.” In his current position, he has been a vocal opponent of the EPA and President Barack Obama’s most significant climate action, the Clean Power Plan. Pruitt also has deep ties to the fossil fuel industry: In 2011, for instance, he sent a letter to the EPA criticizing restrictions on air pollution from natural gas production. The New York Times discovered that an Oklahoma-based oil and gas company had actually written the letter, and then publicly praised Pruitt for sending it...

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[Jersey Devil]

1. He did the same thing meeting with Al Gore and then picked an EPA chair that hates the EPA

He has no real beliefs. All these picks are to placate the right wing and give them what they want so they will give him what he really wants. And, God help us, we have no idea what he wants.

[pangaia]

3. You hit the gold mine. He has no real beliefs.

Just his own power, $$$, being seen as important... typical narcissist..
I actually believe if he though he could reach these goals by running ans a dem he would have dome that....
EXCEPT.. I also wonder if, even though he started in on Obama long before it, a lot of this isn't because of the way Obama ridiculed him at that press dinner..

I suspect he is just wallowing in the revenge...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Because climate change was really Ivanka's big issue.

http://www.trbimg.com/img-5845b87d/turbine/sd-ahamblin-1480964255-snap-photo

[hatrack]

4. Which I believe has been her only public statement on the issue before this week . . .

. . . other than signing an open letter back in 2009, when showing concern about rapid climate destabilization was briefly "fashionable".

If Ivanka were standing on the sidewalk with her designer dress on fire, I wouldn't walk across the street to piss on her.