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hatrack

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Tue Nov 14, 2017, 12:07 PM Nov 2017

Shitstain's Climate Team Jeered, Shouted Down In Bonn While Pimping "Clean Coal"

BONN, Germany — The Trump administration's effort to pitch coal at the international climate change meeting backfired on Monday, drawing heckling and booing at White House officials and energy industry representatives at a U.S. event.

The White House-sponsored panel discussion — held on the sidelines of the annual international climate change conference — was designed to promote more efficient use of coal and natural gas as well as nuclear power, but the event quickly turned into an outpouring of anger at the U.S. for pushing for energy sources blamed for boosting the Earth's temperatures.

“Clean coal is bull----,” one person yelled. “Liars, you are a bunch of liars,” another bellowed from the back of the room. About 100 people stood and broke into song after remarks by a White House energy aide, accusing the U.S. speakers of greed that’s “killing across the world for that coal money,” sung to the tune of “God Bless the USA.”

After the event — the only public gathering planned by the White House — some world diplomats were dismayed that the U.S. would then appear in Bonn to try to bolster American coal sales.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/13/white-house-bonn-climate-talks-protest-244846

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Shitstain's Climate Team Jeered, Shouted Down In Bonn While Pimping "Clean Coal" (Original Post) hatrack Nov 2017 OP
Thanks to the people who shouted the truth... pbmus Nov 2017 #1
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