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| Grandmas, and environmentalists - "Say no way to Trump". |
Donald Trump has officially taken aim at the environment.
And environmentalists are starting to aim back.
The billionaire and presumptive Republican presidential
nominee fired first shots on Friday, when he announced his key energy policy
adviser: U.S. Congressman Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican who loves
drilling for oil and denies human-caused climate change. Cramer is staunchly
opposed to president Obama’s landmark climate change regulations, and is widely
expected to advise Trump to repeal them.
Trump fired once more on Tuesday, telling Reuters that he
would, at minimum, “renegotiate” the U.N. global climate accord, an agreement
between nearly 200 nations to keep global warming in check. “At a maximum, I
may do something else,” Trump said, implying he would dismantle the agreement
completely.
Environmentalists have known Trump’s position on the
environment and climate for years. The conspiracy theorist billionaire, for
example, once said he thinks climate change is a hoax perpetuated by the
Chinese (Trump later said the sentiment was “obviously a joke“) . He also
apparently believes cold weather during winter disproves the theory of global
climate change.
Read the ClimateProgress
story - “Trump’s Newest Enemy: Environmentalists.”
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