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Conflicts of interest “could significantly curtail Tillerson’s work as the nation’s top diplomat”

Oh Rex, what a tangled, convoluted web you weave. You have so many investments that you cannot possibly operate without a conflict of interest, if you become Secretary of State. You will be a walking disaster zone waiting to happen.

Did Rick Perry help DAPL’s owners steal $6 Million from Texas taxpayers?

Did Rick Perry help Energy Transfer Partners - one of the owners of the Dakota Access Pipeline - cheat Texas taxpayers out of $6 million, or was he just asleep at the switch? Either way, can we really trust him to be in charge of nuclear security as Energy Secretary?

#RejectExxon and Trump’s other Climate Deniers on January 9th

As Washington gets back to work after the Christmas break and it begins the process of Congressional hearings for nominations over Trump’s cabinet, so the resistance to those appointments is increasing too.

As Trump Drills the Swamp for Oil; Clean Tech Gathers A Pace

In the post-truth reality of a post-Trump election victory, one thing is blindingly obvious: Rather than draining the swamp as he repeatedly promised, Trump is going to fill it will his climate-denying cronies, many of whom are very rich privileged, predominantly white men, who are either intricate to the oil industry or have links to Big Oil.

An Unprecedented War Against the Greens

The news from over the weekend that President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Rex Tillerson, the chairman and chief executive of Exxon, the world’s largest private oil company as Secretary of State, is a clear sign that we face an unprecedented battle against the environmental movement in the years to come.

800 Experts Issue 6 Point Climate Plan to Denier Trump

The news this week that President-elect Trump had met ex-Vice President Al Gore to discuss climate change had some of the mainstream media speculating that this might mean that the climate denying, oil-loving, conspiracy-peddling President-to-be might be changing his view on global warming.

Meet Donald the Climate Clown

Later today in Stockholm, a conference organised by the business group, the International Chamber of Commerce, examines “Bridging the Climate Change Policy Gap.”

Kerry to Trump: Don’t Make Climate Decisions Based on “Ideology”

Outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry used his speech at the UN COP climate talks in Marrakesh to lay down the gauntlet to incoming President Donald Trump on climate change.

White Supremacists and Climate Deniers Applaud Trump

There was growing outrage last night at the appointment of Steve Bannon as Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff.

Donald Trump: Climate Change Hypocrite

There have been many words written about Donald Trump since his Presidential victory, but one we must add to the list is: hypocrite.