Your future has just been sold to the highest bidder by 22 men, and these men have names and addresses.
As the world collectively scratches its head at Trump's disastrous decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, we have all wondered who will actually benefit from this decision. It feels like a loss for all of us- the economy, American political capital, global relations, and most importantly, the planet itself.
It feels like our future has just been gambled away by one reckless man.
But it's not just one reckless man. There are twenty-two politicians who were paid by Exxon to urge Trump to ditch the Paris Accord.
Tom Cahill reports,
A letter sent to the White House last week — signed by 22 of the most conservative Republicans in the U.S. Senate — rejected the overwhelming global scientific consensus behind climate change in favor of short-term economic growth. Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) led the coalition of Republicans who co-signed the letter, which calls on Trump to exit the climate accords so he can successfully repeal the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. ExxonMobil was one of the chief opponents of the Clean Power Plan, with then-CEO Rex Tillerson (who is now Trump’s Secretary of State) blasting the proposal in a 2015 speech.
Senator Inhofe, an infamous climate change denier, is current chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Inhofe has received $1.8 million from the oil industry throughout his career, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Here is a list of the 22 men who urged Trump to ditch the Paris Climate Accords, and here is how much money they received from oil and gas companies to do so.
Remember their faces.
Remember these names.
1. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas): $3,031,956
Address: 517 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-2934
Contact: www.cornyn.senate.gov/contact
2. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming): $728,766
Address: 307 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-6441
Contact: www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
3. Senator Roy Blunt (R-Missouri): $1,143,574
Address: 260 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-5721
Contact: www.blunt.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-roy
4. Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas): $281,352
Address: 141 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-4843
Contact: www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
5. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Mississippi): $462,890
Address: 113 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-5054
Contact: www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me
6. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho): $440,937
Address: 239 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-6142
Contact: www.crapo.senate.gov/contact
7. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas): $2,484,520
Address: 404 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-5922
Contact: www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=email_senator
8. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming): $513,733
Address: 379A Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-3424
Contact: www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact?p=e-mail-sen...
9. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah): $772,179
Address: 104 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-5251
Contact: www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact?p=Email-Orrin
10. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah): $281,620
Address: 361A Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-5444
Contact: www.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
11. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky): $1,975,245
Address: 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-2541
Contact: www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=contact
12. Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky): $286,465
Address:167 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-4343
Contact: www.paul.senate.gov/connect/email-rand
13. Senator David Perdue (R-Georgia): $184,250
Address: 455 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-3521
Contact: www.perdue.senate.gov/connect/email
14. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho): $209,900
Address: 483 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-2752
Contact: www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Email
15. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas): $817,150
Address:109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-4774
Contact: www.roberts.senate.gov/public/?p=EmailPat
16. Senator Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota): $204,900
Address: 502 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-5842
Contact: www.rounds.senate.gov/contact/email-mike
17. Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina): $523,276
Address: 717 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-6121
Contact: www.scott.senate.gov/contact/email-me
18. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama): $532,846
Address: 304 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-5744
Contact: www.shelby.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailsenatorshelby
19. Senator Luther Strange (R-Alabama): (data unknown)
Address: 326 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-4124
Contact: www.strange.senate.gov/content/contact-senator
20. Senator Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina): $263,400
Address: 185 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-6342
Contact: www.tillis.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me
21. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi): $686,876
Address: 555 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-6253
Contact: www.wicker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
22. Senator James Inhofe (R- Oklahoma): $1,824,177
Address: 205 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone Number: (202) 224-4721
Contact: www.inhofe.senate.gov/contact
Only after the last tree is cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will humanity remember that we cannot eat money.
-Cree Proverb
Remember these faces.
Remember these names.