verb re·sist \ri-ˈzist\
: to fight against (something) : to try to stop or prevent (something)
: to remain strong against the force or effect of (something) : to not be affected or harmed by (something)
: to prevent yourself from doing something that you want to do
Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary Donald Trump has apparently chosen Myron Ebell, a vile climate denier, to lead his Environmental Protection Agency transition. We have also learned that Republican energy lobbyist Mike McKenna is heading the Department of Energy team and former Interior Department solicitor David Berhardt is leading the effort for that agency. Trump has also pledged that on Day one, he will begin to unravel the Paris Climate Agreement.Scientific American reports on Myron Ebells:
In a biography submitted when he testified before Congress, he listed among his recognitions that he had been featured in a Greenpeace “Field Guide to Climate Criminals,” dubbed a “misleader” on global warming by Rolling Stone and was the subject of a motion to censure in the British House of Commons after Ebell criticized the United Kingdom’s chief scientific adviser for his views on global warming.
More recently, Ebell has called the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan for greenhouse gases illegal and said that Obama joining the Paris climate treaty “is clearly an unconstitutional usurpation of the Senate’s authority.”
He told Vanity Fair in 2007, “There has been a little bit of warming ... but it’s been very modest and well within the range for natural variability, and whether it’s caused by human beings or not, it’s nothing to worry about.”
Ebell’s views appear to square with Trump’s when it comes to EPA’s agenda. Trump has called global warming “bullshit” and he has said he would “cancel” the Paris global warming accord and roll back President Obama’s executive actions on climate change (ClimateWire, May 27).
I believe Trump has no idea how much blowback he is going to receive when he attempts to murder our biosphere. It’s been less than 48 hours since the election results, and we have witnessed protests erupting in several cities nationwide. I have no intention of giving this Fascist a chance on any of his policies, especially on eco and social justice. I have learned that when a Republican says they will do something, they will do it. We don’t have a moment to lose with this fight that is now upon us. We must organize and resist.
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