In a xenophobic, hate-filled speech laden with lies and disinformation, President Donald Trump declared before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that climate change is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” and railed against all forms of green energy. It was more than just a rant; it is Trump’s policy.
Trump has set his sights on Alaska as a test case for his disastrous “National Energy Dominance” agenda. He wants to double oil production in the state, open up vast new tracts of land to exploitation, kneecap renewable energy, and push construction of what would be one of the largest and most expensive fossil fuel infrastructure projects in the nation. The project includes a massive 800-mile-long gas pipeline stretching from one end of Alaska to the other