Amy Goodman
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Bill McKibben: Trump's Presidency Comes When the Warming World Can Least Afford It
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November 10, 2016
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13:17Now PlayingOn the same day Donald Trump was elected, the World Meteorological Organization reported that the five years from 2011 to 2015 were the hottest on record, with hundreds of thousands of deaths likely due to global warming from human activity. The report found humaninduced climate change was directly linked to extreme events, including an East African drought and famine in 2011 that claimed over a quartermillion lives, and "Superstorm" Sandy in the U.S. that caused $67 billion of damage in 2012. Delegates at the United Nations climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, are expressing panic over Tuesday’s election results, saying Presidentelect Donald Trump may threaten the future of any international agreement to slow catastrophic climate change. Trump has said he will "cancel the Paris Climate Agreement and stop all payments of U.S. tax dollars to U.N. global warming programs." Trump has also promised to promote coal power and fracking, and says he will allow for oil and gas drilling on federal lands. He has also promised to ask TransCanada to renew its permit application for the Keystone XL pipeline. For more, we’re joined by Bill McKibben, cofounder of 350.org. He’s the author of several books, including "EaarthMaking a Life on a Tough New Planet." His recent article for The New York Times is titled "Why Dakota is the New Keystone."
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