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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Picks Scott Pruitt Ally of Fossil Fuel Industry to Lead E.P.A. (No more dems to Trump Tower!)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/politics/scott-pruitt-epa-trump.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0David Axelrod ?@davidaxelrod
Whatever @algore said, @realDonaldTrump apparently didn't get it.
WASHINGTON President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general and a close ally of the fossil fuel industry, to run the Environmental Protection Agency, a transition official said, signaling Mr. Trumps determination to dismantle President Obamas efforts to counter climate change.
Mr. Pruitt, a Republican, has been a key architect of the legal battle against Mr. Obamas climate change policies, actions that fit with the president-elects comments during the campaign. Mr. Trump has criticized the established science of human-caused global warming as a hoax, vowed to cancel the Paris accord committing nearly every nation to taking action to fight climate change, and attacked Mr. Obamas signature global warming policy, the Clean Power Plan, as a war on coal.
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Trump Picks Scott Pruitt Ally of Fossil Fuel Industry to Lead E.P.A. (No more dems to Trump Tower!) (Original Post)
flamingdem
Dec 2016
OP
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. the generals bowing and coming to the castle and the throne
flamingdem
(39,335 posts)2. Exactly. The optics were terrible for that Gore visit
especially because the Rethugs stole the election again!
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)3. USA, 2017 and on!!!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)4. The foxes will definitely be guarding the chicken coop.
Pretty soon there won't be any chickens left.
underpants
(182,988 posts)5. Oh God.
We were so close. SO CLOSE.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)6. Now Ivanaka has to pretend to have a total hissy fit
After all, she's pretending that climate change is her 'signature' issue.
flamingdem
(39,335 posts)8. That kinda took the wind out of her sails
"whaaaa... but daaddddy you said..."
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)9. ...assuming you think there was an iota of sincerity in what she said
After all, Ivanka is not just a Trump, she's also a Republican. Trust at your own peril.
flamingdem
(39,335 posts)10. Horrifying to think she conspired with Trump
to humiliate Gore, ugh!
RelativelyJones
(898 posts)7. Does Gore have no sense in his damn head?