Zinke: Warming Not A Hoax, Loves Coal; Voted To Sell Public Lands, Now "Absolutely" Against It

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Like T***p, w wavering, drifting, wandering little piece of shit who'll say anything, anything at all.

uring his confirmation hearing Tuesday, Interior secretary nominee Ryan Zinke emphasized the incoming Trump administration’s vow to recommit America to fossil fuels development while disregarding renewables and the need to act on climate change. Zinke said climate change is not the hoax Trump has said it is, but he falsely claimed the science around it is uncertain, and said that federal energy policy, which determines how the Interior Department manages energy and public land, should heavily favor coal.

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Throughout the hearing, Zinke questioned the science showing that climate change is driven by burning fossil fuels, that it could bring about water scarcity, influence the spread of catastrophic wildfire, and melt glaciers in the national parks he would oversee. “The climate is changing,” Zinke said, adding that he believes that because he watched Glacier National Park’s Grinnell Glacier melt while he ate lunch there one day. “Man has had an influence. That is undisputable as well. Where there is debate is what that influence is and what we can do about it.”

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Zinke emphasized his love for public lands and the need to keep them open to public access. But when Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., asked why Zinke voted for a U.S. House rules change that would make it easier for the federal government to sell off public lands, Zinke said he was responding to a sense of anger among some Westerners that the federal government isn’t listening to them when it implements restrictive environmental policies.

“It was an indicator of how upset people are about our land policy at the moment,” he said. “It’s a shot across the bow that you have to do something.” Yet, he said he opposes a movement in some Western states and within the Republican party to reduce the amount of land the federal government manages by transferring it to states willing to take it. “I want to be clear on this point: I am absolutely against the transfer or sale of public land,” he said. “I cannot be more clear.”

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http://www.climatecentral.org/news/interior-nominee-zinke-doubles-down-on-coal-21066

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1. Zinke is not to be trusted. He also was speaking out of both sides of his mouth at the hearing,

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2. Every one of these guys are saying whatever ti takes to be confirmed, part of the plan.....n/t