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Is Trump Turning America Into a Petrostate? – The Big Picture

Big Picture Progressive Roundtable: Alex Lawson, Social Security Works & Valerie Ervin, Working Families Party. What Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson Will Mean to America. And just in case there was any remaining doubt about whether its on the side of Big Oil or the future of the planet – the Trump transition is also setting up something that looks a lot like a blacklist of government employees working to fight climate...

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Government Employees Terrified As Trump Admin Performs Witch Hunt For Climate Activists

The Trump transition team has sent a letter to government offices, asking for the names and other personal information of anyone who worked on Obama’s climate policies. This is an unprecedented and alarming development that could result in a McCarthy-esque purging of climate activists from Washington, D.C. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video The Trump administration is already creating waves in Washington DC specifically within the Department of Energy. As it turns out Bloomberg has uncovered the fact that just last week the Trump administration sent out a letter to Department of...

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Ivanka Trump Will Not Save The Environment

On Monday, former Vice President Al Gore met with Donald and Ivanka Trump to discuss climate strategy, after which Gore called the meeting “interesting.” But make no mistake – The Trump Administration will not take action on climate change, regardless of what Gore told them in that meeting. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: Earlier this week, Al Gore, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, former Vice President for eight years, met with Donald and Ivanka Trump to discuss the issue of climate change. Still kind of fuzzy on the details that took...

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Pope Francis Takes on Fossil Fuel Leaders: Isn’t Backing Down

Fossil fuel executives may have something to worry about when Pope Francis comes to town. In his encyclical on climate change, the pope finished by asking that God “Enlighten those who possess power and money that they may avoid the sin of indifference, that they may love the common good, advance the weak, and care for this world in which we live.” It would appear Pope Francis is making the case that our corporations, especially those in the fossil fuel industry, need to be mindful of the impact they have on the planet. The rewards for fossil fuel CEO’s...

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