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pnwmom

(108,997 posts)
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 02:39 PM Jan 2017

The White House has already taken down the climate change page.

and put up a pledge to drill lots of oil.

http://www.vox.com/2017/1/20/14338342/trump-white-house-energy-page

As soon as Donald Trump was sworn in as president, the official White House website, WhiteHouse.gov, got a speedy makeover — as expected.

The Obama White house’s page on climate change is now gone — archived here for posterity (along with the rest of the Obama-era pages). That page talked about how global warming was a serious challenge to future generations, optimistically touted America’s ability to tackle the problem, and listed dozens of actions the Obama administration has taken to reduce carbon dioxide emissions:

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In its place, the Trump administration has put up a page declaring “An America First Energy Plan” that makes no mention at all of climate change — except to note that Trump plans to roll back many of Obama’s climate policies.

Instead, Trump plans to promote more drilling of America’s “estimated $50 trillion in untapped shale, oil, and natural gas reserves, especially those on federal lands.”

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The White House has already taken down the climate change page. (Original Post) pnwmom Jan 2017 OP
Yep, and the Nazi party has an official in the Oval Office, Steve Bannon Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #1
LGBT workplace rights also gone snacker Jan 2017 #2
Time to earthquake-proof America. n/t cynatnite Jan 2017 #3
The Saudi's are preventing it from being economically viable. joshcryer Jan 2017 #4
With-in... Snackshack Jan 2017 #5

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
4. The Saudi's are preventing it from being economically viable.
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 02:47 PM
Jan 2017

Even with major subsidies from the government it's not happening without a war in the middle east, in Saudi Arabia specifically.

Snackshack

(2,541 posts)
5. With-in...
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 03:17 PM
Jan 2017

Weeks if not days the sanctions on Russia will be lifted and Exxon will be able to begin drilling there and pumping out the projected $500 billion worth of oil it has not be able to drill for because of the sanctions. Even with this new source of oil coming to the market we still see the price of a gallon of gas go back to over $3-$3.50 here in the states with-in few months...

About that same time as the drilling begins the Delaware sized iceberg will fully calve off the Larsen C iceshelf and float off into the sea.

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