Russia-Connected Exxon CEO to be Trump’s Secretary of State – David Pakman Show
Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will be Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of...
Read MorePosted by David Pakman | Dec 13, 2016 | David Pakman Show, Not on Front Page, Politics |
Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will be Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of...
Read MorePosted by Thom Hartmann | Dec 13, 2016 | Corporate, Environment | Health, Politics, Thom Hartmann Show |
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...
Read MorePosted by Tony Prettyman | Dec 12, 2016 | Environment | Health, Politics, Ring of Fire Show, Videos |
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...
Read MorePosted by Tony Prettyman | Dec 6, 2016 | Environment | Health, Politics, Ring of Fire Show, Videos |
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...
Read MorePosted by Justin Lane | Sep 22, 2015 | Culture |
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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