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Even Climate Denier Glenn Beck Calls Trump’s New Chief Strategist Steve Bannon ‘Terrifying’

Even Climate Denier Glenn Beck Calls Trump’s New Chief Strategist Steve Bannon ‘Terrifying’

Donald Trump’s selection of Steve Bannon as his chief strategist and senior advisor is “terrifying” for many reasons. Stories published under his watch as executive chairman of the alt-right website Breitbart News include racist, homophobic and sexist rhetoric and headlines. Not only that, Bannon’s role as the president-elect’s top White House advisor is a major […]

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    5 Reasons to Consider Moving to New Zealand Post-Trump

    5 Reasons to Consider Moving to New Zealand Post-Trump

    On election night, as the electoral map turned increasingly red, a swarm of Americans frantically searched the Internet for ways to flee Donald Trump‘s future presidential reign. So many of us visited Canada’s immigration site that it actually crashed. At the same time, the Guardian reported that the number of hits on New Zealand’s immigration […]

    5 Ways Climate-Denier-in-Chief Spells Doom for the Environment

    5 Ways Climate-Denier-in-Chief Spells Doom for the Environment

    By Reynard Loki If the world’s governments don’t prevent the planet’s surface temperature from increasing more than 2 C, then life on Earth will become a difficult proposition for many humans, animals and plants. Glaciers will melt, sea levels will rise, crops will fail, water availability will decrease and diseases will proliferate. Some areas will […]

    Trump’s Personal Investments Ride on Completion of Dakota Access Pipeline

    Trump’s Personal Investments Ride on Completion of Dakota Access Pipeline

    Donald Trump’s surprise election win has encouraged Energy Transfer Partners’s Kelcy Warren, the CEO of the parent company of Dakota Access LLC, which is building the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). In an interview with CBS This Morning, Warren said he is “100 percent” confident that the president-elect will help the company finish the project. The […]

    Here’s How Trump Plans to Dismantle Environmental Laws

    Here’s How Trump Plans to Dismantle Environmental Laws

    In an afternoon meeting, Donald Trump and his transition team reportedly worked to quickly identify top candidates for key energy positions in his administration. 'Trump's Election Is a Disaster' by @StefanieSpear of @EcoWatch: https://t.co/jjnWs7tWQX#GameOverForClimate — Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) November 9, 2016 Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm, who yesterday advised Trump to “just scrap” […]

    16 Climate Scientists React to Donald Trump’s Victory

    16 Climate Scientists React to Donald Trump’s Victory

    In what’s widely being described as the most shocking upset in U.S. election history, Donald J. Trump has beaten Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the U.S. 'Trump's Election Is a Disaster' by @StefanieSpear of @EcoWatch: https://t.co/jjnWs7tWQX#GameOverForClimate — Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) November 9, 2016 As one of the world’s largest greenhouse […]

    Monterey Becomes California’s First Major Oil-Producing County to Ban Fracking

    Monterey Becomes California’s First Major Oil-Producing County to Ban Fracking

    Voters in Monterey County, California’s fourth-largest oil-producing county, on Tuesday passed Measure Z to ban fracking and other dangerous extraction techniques. The measure won with more than 55 percent of the vote, despite supporters being outspent 30 to 1 by oil companies, including Chevron and Aera Energy. Measure Z also phases out toxic wastewater injection […]

    Trump Wins, Renewable Energy Investments Lose and Dirty Energy Stocks Surge

    Trump Wins, Renewable Energy Investments Lose and Dirty Energy Stocks Surge

    Political upheaval has major influence over the stock markets, and with climate-change-denying Donald Trump’s “disaster” of an election win, renewable energy investment is looking bleak at the moment as dirty energy surges. Really?! What is happening?! Leo needs to have a word #TrumpDigsCoal #ClimateChange #BeforeTheFlood #USElection2016 pic.twitter.com/tbqAbpIRn3 — Stacey Goater (@StaceyGoater) November 9, 2016 The […]

    ‘Trump’s Election Is a Disaster’

    ‘Trump’s Election Is a Disaster’

    Totally freaked out is the best way I can explain how I’m feeling right now knowing Donald Trump has won the presidency. Yes, the billionaire television personality who denies climate change, has ties to the Dakota Access Pipeline, and has promised to “renegotiate” the Paris agreement and completely dismantle the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will […]