SCARY: Big Oil is Pouring Money Into Trump’s Campaign So He’ll Do Their Bidding
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Big Oil Donor Tim Dunn: “It would be ideal if we could get rid of this ‘CO2 as a pollutant’ business”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the election draws to a close, Big Oil continues to dump money into Trump’s campaign to try to uphold their end of the $1 billion “deal.” Oil and gas executives know that if Trump gets back into office, he’ll pass laws that will pad their bottom line at the expense of Americans’ health and safety.
The Hill, Oil bigwigs open wallets for Trump after billion-dollar request:
“Oil and gas tycoons made significant contributions to the Trump campaign after the former president asked the industry for $1 billion to support his reelection bid — and reportedly said it would be a “deal” for them to do so.”
E&E News, Meet the Texas oilman who wants to gut US climate policy:
“‘It would be ideal if we could get rid of this ‘CO2 as a pollutant’ business,’ Dunn said last year at an event hosted by the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump think tank that he funds.” …
“If Republicans win control of Congress and the White House, Dunn said he would like to see them pass legislation in support of the fossil fuel industry by using the same budget reconciliation strategy that Democrats employed to pass the Inflation Reduction Act.”
“‘Carbon dioxide causes the plants, the Earth, to green. It’s not a pollutant,” he said. “‘f you want your plants to grow twice as fast, you pump CO2 into your greenhouses.’”