It’s Easy to Forget How Catastrophic Trump Was for the Environment
Harold Hamm endorsed Donald Trump
2GreenEnergy supporter Cameron Atwood writes:
From a few years back…
November 8 2016, as Trump won the Electoral College, the World Meteorological Organization delivered data to the International Conference on Climate Change:
– The [prior] five years – 2011 through 2015 were the hottest on record. Global average sea-surface temperatures for 2015 were also the highest on record, with 2014 in second place.
– Averaged over 2011-2015, the mean Arctic sea-ice extent in September was 28% below the 1981-2010 average.
– Northern hemisphere snow cover was well below average in all five years.
Trump promises: a rapid rise in fossil fuel use, including coal; the dismantling of the EPA and environmental laws (selecting notorious climate disruption denier, Myron Ebell, to head the EPA transition); and a refusal to assist developing nations who are seeking to move to sustainable energy.
Trump’s top energy adviser, billionaire oil exec Harold Hamm, announced his expectations: tax breaks for the industry and the dismantling of regulations.
Thanks for this. Trump was (and continues to be) such a catastrophe in terms of his massive array of felonies, including his attempt to overthrow the government, that we tend to overlook how disastrous he was for the environment.
