This is almost a complete republish of last years article. In recent years, I’ve greeted friends with Happy Earth Day. We were beginning to recognize the importance of climate change and take steps to minimize the damage. But that was before less than 1/4 of American eligible voters got away with installing Donald Trump in the White House and giving the Republican Reich control of both branches of Congress. God help us!
[3/31/2017] In the past few weeks, the Trump administration has ramped up its efforts to make good on campaign promises to dismantle President Obama’s environmental legacy. Congressional Republicans have enthusiastically hopped on board, seizing the opportunity to repeal any environmental rules vulnerable under the Congressional Review Act and gunning to slash funding for critical environmental and scientific agencies and programs. The Trump Administration appointed Scott Pruitt, a man with well-established ties to the fossil fuel industry and a history of suing the Environmental Protection Agency, to chair the Environmental Protection Agency. On Wednesday morning, the Republican leadership of the House Science Committee convened a hearing for the sole purpose of challenging widely accepted climate science. And this past Tuesday, surrounded by coal miners and bosses, Trump issued an executive order on “energy independence” which, among other things, places President Obama’s landmark Clean Power Plan directly in the line of fire and temporarily lifts the moratorium on new coal leasing on federal public lands. Most of these developments have been months in the making. Trump and Congressional Republicans have never been quiet about their environmental agenda — namely, doing the bidding of the fossil fuel industry and making grandiose but ultimately empty gestures to prop up coal. Bottom line: it’s been a discouraging few months. This week alone has been bruising, and we’re in for a tough fight going forward. But the persistently negative headlines, emphasizing only the administration’s determination to wreak havoc on our environment, are misleading and can be counterproductive. Not because they misstate the priorities of Trump’s White House and Congressional Republicans; those are well established. But we can’t lose sight of D.C.’s real influence, or lack thereof, over energy markets and international environmental commitments — or of the power our towns, cities, and states can wield in this fight…
EPA Fuhrer, Scott Pruitt, may well be the most corrupt department head in US History.
I looked for a protest video more appropriate to 2018 and could not find one.
From <ExtraNewsFeed> We must all do every thing we can do at every level, because Trump and his Reich won’t quit. Donald Trump Is F***ing Our Planet, Happy Earth Day!
The time is now!
RESIST THE REPUBLICAN REICH!!
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Yes, unfortunately, it’s only getting worse. All we can do is continue to
So very, very sad. Yea, there’s nothing to celebrate here. Or anywhere for that matter. What a crying shame. I’m old(er) now, and the impacts of climate change are there, even tho’ dt i(and his minions) are in denial over that. My concerns are climate changes, oil drilling on pristine lands, think Arctic, and the Wildlife refuges, the national parks, plastic in our oceans, smog, car emissions, and the list goes on and on. Oh! and the fires here every year now. The wanton disregard to the needs of our Mother Earth by politicians, and those who are greedy, is reprehensible.
Depressingly, what are we leaving for our grandchildren and future generations, if this continues?? Nothing.
ND THERE IS NO PLANET #2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, things are getting worse – but that trend does not have to continue. Make sure you are registered to vote, make sure all your progressive kith and kin who are at least 18 are registered, volunteer at a voter registration drive, support genuinely progressive candidates, and above all, get your arse to the polls and vote with your head! Volunteer to help others get to polling places. WE THE PEOPLE have the ultimate power in this country, but it works only when we use it, and furthermore, when we use it WISELY.
It’s absolutely hideous that EPA secretary Pruitt wins the title – in a very, VERY tight race – for “Most Corrupt Cabinet Member In the Trump Administration”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/scott-pruitt-lobbyist-townhouse
https://www.vox.com/2018/4/11/17215416/scott-pruitts-ethics-corruption-epa
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/scott-pruitt-scandal-the-epa-chief-knows-what-hes-doing-w518685
But what’s even worse – it’s EXACTLY what republicans had hoped and “prayed” for!
Makes you wonder to whom or what they were praying, doesn’t it?
Unfortunately, as with last year, I’m cryin with ya!!!
This year Mother Earth has even more reasons to weep than the year before, but it is telling that there are no recent protest videos to be found. The Drumpf administration is creating such havoc on every possible level and subject that resistance has to be spread thin across it all. At the moment Pruitt’s personal ego-trip and expenditures attract more attention than all the different ways he, as spearhead of this administration, is f***ing Mother Earth and us. All the more reason to cry and be thankful to those who remember Earth Day – thank you TomCat – and those who joined the many communities that took the lead promoting action to end plastic pollution this year:
Thanks all. Hugs. The reason I chose not to approach Earth Day from the plastics perspective is that the crisis we face has a much broader base. Hugs!
Our pastor at church holds dual Canadian-US citizenship and said he delights in bragging about Canada’s approach to many things like healthcare for one. But one thing he does not brag about is our progress with the environment. As he noted, we have nothing to brag about as we are 3rd from the bottom of developed countries. However, the US is dead last! . . . and only sliding further and further down . . . pulling away at light speed from every other country.
As our church sign says, “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children and grandchildren.” Some have attributed this to Chief Seattle 1786-1866, but it may be much older than that or it could belong to another. No matter its origin, it is a very wise statement that should be heeded.
After church, I went to Cora’s for lunch. They use bio-degradable take out containers, not plastic. Each order is made on the spot to reduce food waste. They separate all waste into recyclable, garbage and food and heaven help the employee that goofs. I made a point of telling them yesterday that I appreciate all this. There are big things that need to be done, like regulations for a sustainable earth, but there are also little things that each of us can do too.