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Facts vs. Trump: Yes, We Do Make Wind Power Here
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/nathanael-greene/facts-vs-trump-yes-we-do-make-wind-power-here[font face=Serif][font size=5]Facts vs. Trump: Yes, We Do Make Wind Power Here[/font]
January 13, 2017 | Nathanael Greene
[font size=3]Governor Rick Perry, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Energy, is no friend of the planet. In fact, he’s a climate denier with an environmental record so bad that our colleagues at the League of Conservation Voters once put him on their Dirty Dozen list of politicians they hoped would be voted out of office. That said, even a broken clock is right twice a day. He was governor of Texas while the state became the national leader in wind power development. In particular, Governor Perry signed legislation that enabled transmission and changes to the electric markets securing Texas' current dominance in wind.
NRDC opposes Perry’s nomination unequivocally. But if he were confirmed, what influence might the governor be able to have on his future boss, who seems decidedly clueless on the benefits of wind power? In fact, much of what Trump has to say about wind power is flat out wrong. (More on that below.) Reporters should not repeat President-elect Trump’s statements on the clean power technology without pointing out that they are factually incorrect.
To highlight how mistaken Donald Trump is on wind-power, I decided to comb through the president-elect’s most recent comments on the subject, from his November 22nd interview with the New York Times, to offer a line-by-line rebuttal. Wind power can provide the good jobs and infrastructure updates Candidate Trump promised on the campaign trail. Not only that, it can lower our electric costs, improve our public health, save unfathomable amounts of water in parts of the country plagued by drought, and of course, provide an important hedge against climate change. Let’s hope the president-elect and Governor Perry see the truth in that. If not, it’s always good to be armed with the facts.
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(Far too many facts to include here…)January 13, 2017 | Nathanael Greene
[font size=3]Governor Rick Perry, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Energy, is no friend of the planet. In fact, he’s a climate denier with an environmental record so bad that our colleagues at the League of Conservation Voters once put him on their Dirty Dozen list of politicians they hoped would be voted out of office. That said, even a broken clock is right twice a day. He was governor of Texas while the state became the national leader in wind power development. In particular, Governor Perry signed legislation that enabled transmission and changes to the electric markets securing Texas' current dominance in wind.
NRDC opposes Perry’s nomination unequivocally. But if he were confirmed, what influence might the governor be able to have on his future boss, who seems decidedly clueless on the benefits of wind power? In fact, much of what Trump has to say about wind power is flat out wrong. (More on that below.) Reporters should not repeat President-elect Trump’s statements on the clean power technology without pointing out that they are factually incorrect.
To highlight how mistaken Donald Trump is on wind-power, I decided to comb through the president-elect’s most recent comments on the subject, from his November 22nd interview with the New York Times, to offer a line-by-line rebuttal. Wind power can provide the good jobs and infrastructure updates Candidate Trump promised on the campaign trail. Not only that, it can lower our electric costs, improve our public health, save unfathomable amounts of water in parts of the country plagued by drought, and of course, provide an important hedge against climate change. Let’s hope the president-elect and Governor Perry see the truth in that. If not, it’s always good to be armed with the facts.
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So much of what Trump says is so bad the only rational response is 
Fossil fuels are a religion to these guys.
Burn the Coal! Burn the Oil! Burn the Gas!
