The Planet Cannot Survive Drill Baby Drill Or Something

Not just life on Earth, but, the Earth itself!

Trump’s Energy Policy Is ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.’ The Planet Can’t Survive This.

In less than two months since taking office, President Trump has reversed decades of progress against climate change, putting our economy, our lives and the planet in grave danger.

On Monday, Trump’s new energy secretary, Chris Wright, a former fracking executive, told a packed conference of oil and gas executives in Houston that global warming is simply a “side effect of building the modern world” and promised a “180-degree pivot” from previous administrations’ efforts to invest in clean, renewable energy.

As a member of Congress from a region hard hit by destructive weather fueled by climate change and an expert on low-carbon energy alternatives, we want American voters to understand how the Trump administration is endangering our safety, health and property by turning its back on established science.

The Congressman in question is Excitable Hank Johnson, the same wanker who thought Guam would tip over. Oh, and I be he doesn’t take the train, bus, or an EV between Georgia and D.C.

The future of American jobs, real estate and infrastructure – not to mention our lives – depends on tackling the climate crisis. That’s a reality that scientists agree on, according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which was created by Congress. With the recent devastation from wildfires in Los Angeles and record-breaking winter storms across the southern United States, the nation should be going full throttle to address climate change, not slamming on the brakes.

Those would be the wildfires which started by arson and incompetence, as well as the poor fire management of Los Angeles. And lots of scientists do not agree.

Ignoring these warnings, the president has gutted nearly every federal effort to slow climate change. He has withdrawn the U.S. from the 2015 Paris climate accords, halted lucrative green energy initiatives that were creating jobs at home and has vowed to “drill, baby, drill” by expanding oil drilling offshore and on protected federal lands, including in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

I already love what Trump has done when it comes to the climate cult, thanks for letting me know again.

Fortunately, lawsuits are moving forward in states from Hawaii and Montana to New York and Vermont to hold corporate actors accountable, seeking millions or billions of dollars to pay for damages caused by climate change. These cases include a Feb. 24 lawsuit filed by farmers against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for deleting vital climate data from their website.

It’s time for every corporate polluter to be held accountable in court. If federal officials are derelict in their duty to protect us, then governors, legislators, pressure groups and citizens must take up the slack. The planet won’t survive four more years of climate-denying policies.

Funny how it’s always about forcing Other People to comply with the cult beliefs, but, never about the cultists practicing what they preach.

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