Trump’s deep love of dirty coal, and his regulatory rollback of the fossil fuel industry, is having a greater impact on climate change than previously understood.
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Fossil Fuel Industry Has Spent Nearly $2 Billion on Lobbying to Kill Climate Laws
From 2000-2016, the fossil fuel industry spent nearly $2 billion lobbying to prevent climate action in the US, according to a new academic study published yesterday.
“Traitor” Trump “Colludes” with Putin Over Oil
A “Traitor”. “Putin’s Poodle”. “Open Treason”. These are just some of the harsh headlines to greet Trump after yesterday’s summit in Helsinki with Russian President, Vladimir Putin.
Trump Expresses “Confidence” in Pruitt, Despite Eleven Investigations into EPA Head
How much longer will Trump hang on to Scott Pruitt – his ideological climate-denying, fossil fuel-loving, crony promoting, whistle-blower bashing, blundering, big spending, security-paranoid buddy?
Trump’s Iran Decision May Backfire With Political Base if Gas Prices Rise
In the short-term his political base may be happy, but in the long term, once again Trump has shown that by opening his mouth he has shot himself in the foot.
Meet John Bolton who says the UN Paris Agreement is a “self-licking ice cream cone”
The bombshell news came as it always does, with a thundering Donald Trump text.
Trump’s Budget Plans Dismissed as “Divorced from Reality” and a “Dog’s Breakfast”
President Trump’s proposed $4.4 trillion budget, unveiled yesterday, has been widely criticised by media commentators, politicians and civil society groups for vastly increasing military spending and proposing deep cuts to domestic programs such environmental protection and Medicare as well as foreign aid programs.
One Year of Trump
One year into Donald Trump’s presidency and the chaotic vortex is as dysfunctional as ever.
As Trump’s Climate Denial Continues, Experts Take Flight to France
“The impact of Trump on climate science has been far greater than what the public believe it has.”
After a Decades-Long Battle, Congress Votes to Open ANWR to Oil Drilling
Yesterday, the decades-old struggle over what is America’s last wilderness area, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), was reopened when Congress voted to open the Refuge to oil drilling.