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President's toughest speech yet on climate (Original Post)
greenman3610
Sep 2015
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jalan48
(13,859 posts)1. Sounds good.
Now what was the deal with allowing Shell to drill in the Arctic?
Geronimoe
(1,539 posts)2. A Show
The State Depart refers to this as a show. These people just showed up. The is not a functional panel that actually does anything.
7 yrs of drill baby, drill and all options are on the table is shameful. Obama will be remembered as worse than Nero, fiddling and drilling, while America burns.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)3. Operative word here
Exploratory....and he still has time to change his mind.
Uncle Joe
(58,349 posts)4. That was a good speech.
Thanks for the thread, greenman.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)5. Was this before or after he approved Arctic drilling?
And why is Keystone XL still alive?