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Heard about this on Public Radio today. It struck a chord with me, so I thought I pass it along.
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger says the United States is "still in" an international accord to curb global warming despite U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to walk away from the agreement.
The actor and former California governor told delegates gathered for United Nations climate talks in Poland on Monday that "America is more than just Washington or one leader."
Calling Trump "meshugge" - Yiddish for "crazy" - for deciding to withdraw from the landmark climate accord, Schwarzenegger insisted the 2015 agreement has widespread support at the local and state levels in the U.S.
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www.usatoday.com — Dec 3, 2018
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That’s right, The Terminator had some choice words for The Donald about his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. “Yes,” he said. “We have a meshugganah leader in Washington.” But the U.S. is “still in,” Schwarzenegger told attendees at the climate change convention in Poland. He also said he wished he could time travel back in time to stop us from digging up and using fossil fuels, Terminator-style.
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“The states and the cities are still in” Schwarzenegger added, “Our financial institutions are in, our academic institutions are still in, the governors and the mayors are still in.
“Remember that America is more than just Washington — one leader,” he said. Is Schwarzenegger laying groundwork for 2020?
grist.org — Dec 3, 2018
That first link (USA Today) has a video explaining:
“Arnold Schwarzenegger is seeking litigation against oil companies for knowingly hurting people around the world.”
Arnold likens the Big Oil cover-up now, to the Big Tobacco cover-up in sixties. Both have products that are actually killing people. Both are/were “hiding these facts” for the sake of profits.
Not only is Arnold Schwarzenegger seeking to make Big Oil pay-up, he is seeking to have Warning Labels put on their Big Oil products, similar to Tobacco warning labels established decades ago.
I hope they go for the Warning Labels like they have in Germany. And not let the Big Oil lobbyists water it down, to “more study is needed” … just ask California Fire Victims what they think about that “theory”.
Here’s one giant billboard I’d like to see:
Donald Trump is NOT America.
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