It’s no surprise Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is a climate denier, and it’s no surprise Trump has a posse of some deplorable advisers. So it’s equally no surprise the former reality show host would bring on a climate denier to lead his “energy” team.
So why report it? Because there are some concerned citizens who still haven’t decided which way they are going to vote. By putting out fact-based information compiled by acclaimed experts on global warming, voters can make more informed decisions. And that’s a mission accomplished.
In their story this week, DeSmog reports via Washington Post that Mike Catanzaro, a former senior energy staffer for Republican Party House Majority Leader John Boehner with a track record of climate change denial, will lead Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump's energy transition team.
Catanzaro now works as a partner at the lobbying firm CGCN, where his clients include Noble Energy, Koch Industries, EnCana Oil and Gas, Halliburton, Devon Energy and others. For those clients, he lobbies on issues such as pushing for more drilling on public lands on behalf of EnCana, against emissions regulations for drilling onshore and offshore wells on public lands for Hess Corporation and Devon, and for offshore drilling in Israel on behalf of Noble Energy.
Koch Industries owned by David and Charles Koch, in particular, have become a scandalous enemy to environmentalists and activists. Their toxic chemical disposal and waste by Georgia Pacific id a detriment to our land and waterways and a safety hazard to Americans who swim in the water, and more importantly drink it. Michale Catanzaro is lose linked to war-profiting Halliburton, which is linked to former VP Dick Cheney, has been in the news since the beginning of the Iraq War. So Catanzaro fits right in with Trump’s ilk.
Beyond oil and gas issues, Catanzaro also lobbies against President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, which calls for regulating carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants. In a May speech, the climate change-denying Trump said he intendsto “rescind all the job-destroying Obama executive actions including the Climate Action Plan” if elected president.
You can read the extensive and well-sourced DeSmog piece here.
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