How much damage can one image do? We may find out soon enough. US President Trump’s own Department of Energy is circulating an infographic that wipes the floor with the President’s pro-coal message, pitches wind and solar, and makes mincemeat out of the entire Trump Administration energy policy.
What happened with people who sided with Hitler and the Nazis in their quest to murder countless humans? As their crowd rose to the heights of power and prestige, many people who supported them must have thought their futures were looking up and they were setting up some kind of positive family reputation for future generations. To look at things from the perspective of today, it is mind-boggling how those people could have thought that they were going in the right direction.
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has been wearing two hats ever since President Donald J. Trump tapped him to lead the Department of Energy.
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry has added his voice to the growing number of Trump advisers recommending the new President keep the country in the Paris Agreement, but has called on the President to renegotiate the deal in an attempt to push European nations to assume a larger share of emissions reductions.
Rick Perry has directed the Department of Energy to do a 60-day study of the U.S. electric grid. While the memo was not publicized, it was obtained by various news sources. I was unable to find it online, but I managed to get a copy and put up as a page on my blog for those who want to see.
With insiders predicting Donald Trump’s senior advisers will aim to decide whether the United States will stay a part of the Paris climate agreement or not by Tuesday, a growing number of unlikely climate allies have arisen, including Washington’s new power-couple, JIvanka, as well as officials from fossil fuel companies such as Exxon and Shell.
It’s been a busy news cycle over at the National Security Council, and most of the attention has focused on the ouster of top Trump advisor Steve Bannon. That’s only half the story, though. Suddenly included in the NSC’s upper echelons is Rick Perry, the head of the US Department of Energy.
It looks like President Donald Trump and EPA chief Scott Pruitt just got schooled on climate change by Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Solar power growth was more dramatic than almost anyone expected during the Obama administration. That was largely due to global factors — incentives in other countries that ramped up demand in those countries, a subsequent burst in manufacturing capacity (especially in China), and the dramatic drop in solar panel costs that resulted (globally).
In his Senate confirmation hearings to be the head of the Department of Energy, Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has rolled back his opinion of the DOE, climate change, and renewable energy, but it might come to nothing in the end, as reports suggest Donald Trump is preparing devastating cuts to the Department which would severely restrict America’s ability to meet its own climate and energy goals.
