I Want to Talk About Climate Change, For A Change

Because no one in DC is talking about it

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The phrases ‘climate change’ and ‘global warming’ are being wiped off all government documentation under Trump’s orders. That went under the radar with all the calamity going on but it is vitally important to understand the scope of this.

You may remember that last year Trump met with a group of oil executives and offered them everything they want in exchange for a billion dollar donation to his campaign, via PACs. I have no idea if that deal happened, or even how we would know, but if they took it, they got a bargain, and they know it.

And, it appears, Trump is delivering on his promise, so decide for yourself. Not to get dramatic, but if this took place he just sold out humanity for chump change.

This wasn’t much of a gamble for Trump. The fossil fuel industry has done an incredible job relegating the concept of global warming to an issue owned by fruit and nut progressives. Unfortunately, it has not been a concept for decades, it is a full blown reality, a non-stop reality.

Ask anyone in LA, North Carolina, or Florida, not to mention the majority of our country and the world. Simply put, it ain’t just the progs who understand the reality of this. Ask any farmer. You’ll get hesitancy for them to use those words but they know. Anyone who works outside knows.

The reality here is that Donald Trump has no interest in the future, or even the present for that matter. His only concern is his popularity at any given moment, regardless of what it takes to bolster it. He has kids and grandkids but so what? He spends little time thinking about them. Think about that.

Let’s look at the destruction so far in this administration’s actions. They have frozen scientific inquiry across the country with freezes on NIH grants. They are cutting personnel at the NOAA, including the National Weather Service. FEMA funds are being used as political weapons against states that did not vote for him. Federal licenses for new wind and solar farms are frozen.

Despite record oil production under Biden, Trump is trying to fill our National Parks, Monuments, and Forests with oil wells. If energy was really important to him, he…