RE: Trump tweets that oil prices are too high, prices per barrel drop
April 21, 2018 at 12:48 pm
(This post was last modified: April 21, 2018 at 12:48 pm by Fake Messiah.)
(April 20, 2018 at 5:44 pm)dyresand Wrote: I mean we're already behind in the U.S. when it comes to green energy hell China
Yeah, and here seems to be the reason why:
Quote:Koch Brothers boast about control over the Trump administration
The Kochs have profited handsomely from businesses that are massive polluters. Their companies produce more climate pollution than even major oil companies like Chevron and Shell.
thanks to Trump handing the Koch’s wide network free reign in the American government, the right-wing brothers will be able to pollute and profit at an increased rate.
And they aren’t being shy about it.
The Koch’s political operation recently disseminated a report in which the group “takes credit for more than a dozen new policies” put in place by the Trump administration
There are at least 44 Trump administration officials with close ties to the Kochs and their affiliated groups. Notable figures like Kellyanne Conway and White House Counsel Don McGahn worked for the Koch network.
Others, like Mike Pence and OMB Director Mick Mulvaney have benefitted from donations from Koch groups.
The Koch’s recent “accomplishments” include gutting the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which cut greenhouse emissions from power plants; the efforts to revoke monument designations in favor of companies who want to drill; efforts to sabotage insurance coverage; and the tax cuts targeted at the super-wealthy (the Kochs are worth at least $96 billion).
https://shareblue.com/billionaire-koch-b...istration/
But in the same time there seems to be at least some resistance:
New Jersey governor signs bill blocking offshore drilling in response to Trump offshore drilling expansion
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environ...e-drilling
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