Category: The News From Around The World

Scott Pruitt, ExxonMobil’s E.P.A. Pick 

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Scott Pruitt is exactly who ExxonMobil wants running EPA. The Oklahoma attorney general has a long history of carrying Exxon Mobil’s water, especially when it comes to denying Climate Change. We talk with Jenny Rowland who specializes in climate change and energy issues for the Center for American Progress. Her latest article is How Exxon Won the 2016 Election.
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The Rockefeller Family Divests Its ExxonMobil Stock

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The Rockefeller family can trace their fortune all the way back to Exxon Mobil when it was essentially Standard Oil. But now the family is divesting its family fund from Exxon Mobil stock because of the overwhelming evidence that proves Exxon Mobil has hidden Climate Change science for more than 40 years. We talk with Jenny Rowland who specializes in climate change and energy issues for the Center for American Progress. Her latest article is How Exxon Won the 2016 Election.
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Rick Perry is ExxonMobil’s Pick to Run Energy

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Former Texas Governor Rick Perry is exactly who Exxon Mobil wants to run the Energy Department. We talk with Jenny Rowland who specializes in climate change and energy issues for the Center for American Progress. Her latest article is How Exxon Won the 2016 Election.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Is Great for ExxonMobil 

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Rex Tillerson becoming Secretary of State would be great news for Exxon Mobil, the company he used to run. We talk with Jenny Rowland who specializes in climate change and energy issues for the Center for American Progress. Her latest article is How Exxon Won the 2016 Election.
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HyperNormalisation

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https://youtu.be/f9m2yReECak
The 2016 BBC documentary by Adam Curtis we talked about on this week’s podcast. You can listen to this week’s podcast below. Or click this sentence.
Special thanks to Joshua Sibelman for bringing it to our attention. Enjoy!

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Movie Review: “Eye In The Sky” 

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Film Critic Michael Snyder tells us why you must see “Eye In The Sky.” It’s the recent movie starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, and Alan Rickman. Mirren plays Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.
Director: Gavin Hood
Writer: Guy Hibbert

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