Trump dismantling US climate efforts as warnings grow dire

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Trump dismantling US climate efforts as warnings grow dire

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Nov 28, 2018, 6:55 PM ET

President Donald Trump has moved steadily to dismantle Obama administration efforts to rein in coal, oil and gas emissions, even as warnings grow — from his own administration and others — about the devastating impact of climate change on the U.S. economy as well as the Earth.

Trump has dismissed his administration's warnings about the impact of climate change, including a forecast released Friday that it could lead to economic losses of hundreds of billions of dollars a year by the end of the century.

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An email obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act shows the administration withdrew from the Paris agreement with no clear climate policy in place.

"All, the purpose of this meeting is to explore whether, post Paris, we need to develop, or simply piece together from what already exists, a policy proposal that can be characterized as the "Trump climate policy," Michael Catanzaro, a former oil and gas lobbyist then serving as Trump's energy and environment consultant, wrote to White House and Environmental Protection Agency officials days after the president's announcement.

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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-dismantling-us-climate-efforts-warnings-grow-dire-59476932

[cilla4progress]

1. He want us all

to die.

[Nay]

2. That's the conclusion I've reached. And he's not the only rich asshole to think that way.

To the overlords, we're a bunch of useless eaters who need to die quickly, so they can get on with their lives on a planet that can be cleaned up more easily without gobs of other humans to get in the way.

[cilla4progress]

3. Wow.

Well said. I'm sure they figure they can build domes to live in once the planet is wasted....