EPA head Pruitt persuades coal mining lobbyists to deny global warming even more

[muriel_volestrangler]

This is the ridiculous situation in the Trump regime: he's appointed a hardliner climate change denier to head the EPA, and because even Trump's son-in-law and some coal mining companies are willing to accept the science, he spends his time lobbying them to lobby Trump to withdraw from international agreements. Because Trump listens to corporate spokesmen in preference to his cabinet members.

Mining group to support pulling out of Paris after meeting with Pruitt

A coal mining industry group's board of directors voted on Tuesday to press President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement — just one day after EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt met with the group's leadership to discuss the accord, two sources told POLITICO.

Pruitt personally attended a meeting of the National Mining Association's executive committee on Monday to lay out his concerns with the Paris accord.
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The NMA board's decision is the latest evidence of the split within the coal industry over the Paris deal. Several major coal companies have signaled their openness to the U.S. remaining in the Paris agreement if the White House can negotiate more global support for technology that would reduce the carbon footprint of coal.
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The NMA board's decision to weigh in raises the stakes in the behind-the-scenes standoff within the White House over the international climate accord. Several White House aides, including senior adviser Jared Kushner, are said to be in favor of remaining in the agreement, while chief strategist Steve Bannon supports withdrawing.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/25/paris-climate-agreement-scott-pruitt-miners-237595

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Maybe we can retrofit some aircraft carriers to burn coal.