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Here's how Trump inadvertently exposed his allegiance to the petro-tyrants of Russia and Saudi Arabi
Raw Story via Salon:
Greed and climate-change denial: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
At the climate summit in Poland, a revelation: Our nation stands with the petro-tyrants of Russia and Saudi Arabia
https://www.salon.com/2018/12/17/greed-and-climate-change-denial-pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain/
Like Dorothys dog Toto at the end of "The Wizard of Oz, Donald Trump just pulled down the curtain and exposed the ugly reality of climate-change denial: It is driven neither by intellectual skepticism nor ideological disagreement but by pure greed, the greed of those who own -- or are retained by those who own -- oil, coal and natural gas. Climate denial is simply a cynical strategy to perpetuate inflated monopoly prices on fossil fuels.
In Katowice, Poland, for the first time, the global climate denial bloc linked arms publicly. The U.S. and Russia joined Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in cynically dismissing the latest scientific alarm bells. Not over its science: As Trump climate adviser Wells Griffith proclaimed, We strongly believe that no country should have to sacrifice their economic prosperity or energy security in pursuit of environmental sustainability. In other words, oil powers are entitled to their profits, at whatever cost to the rest of us.
At the climate summit in Poland, a revelation: Our nation stands with the petro-tyrants of Russia and Saudi Arabia
https://www.salon.com/2018/12/17/greed-and-climate-change-denial-pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain/
Like Dorothys dog Toto at the end of "The Wizard of Oz, Donald Trump just pulled down the curtain and exposed the ugly reality of climate-change denial: It is driven neither by intellectual skepticism nor ideological disagreement but by pure greed, the greed of those who own -- or are retained by those who own -- oil, coal and natural gas. Climate denial is simply a cynical strategy to perpetuate inflated monopoly prices on fossil fuels.
In Katowice, Poland, for the first time, the global climate denial bloc linked arms publicly. The U.S. and Russia joined Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in cynically dismissing the latest scientific alarm bells. Not over its science: As Trump climate adviser Wells Griffith proclaimed, We strongly believe that no country should have to sacrifice their economic prosperity or energy security in pursuit of environmental sustainability. In other words, oil powers are entitled to their profits, at whatever cost to the rest of us.
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Here's how Trump inadvertently exposed his allegiance to the petro-tyrants of Russia and Saudi Arabi (Original Post)
DemocracyMouse
Dec 2018
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DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)1. The Democratic Party Wants to Make Climate Policy Exciting
Green issues arent going away and Democrats are in the best position to challenge Big Oil. I recommend this other article about the Dem-initiated Green New Deal which links good jobs and planet-saving. The mainstream press is catching on (even before DU!):
From The Atlantic:
The Democratic Party Wants to Make Climate Policy Exciting
After years of infighting, the Democrats may finally have found an environmental consensus in the Green New Deal. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal-winning-climate-strategy/576514/
KPN
(15,650 posts)2. Good read. Thanks for posting that. Actually,the OP
is a good read as well. But I have to say, I find the energy in these young peoples Green Deal very encouraging. OCSs messaging and savvy too.