Who Profits From Ditching The Paris Accord? These 22 Politicians
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Who Profits From Ditching The Paris Accord? These 22 Politicians

Meet the 22 senate oil darlings who urged Trump to ditch the Paris Accord.

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Who Profits From Ditching The Paris Accord? These 22 Politicians
Washington Examiner

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.

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