Trump and GOP, from the climate experts, you know that we must cut our fossil fuel use, transition to clean energy, use energy more efficiently, and develop more sustainable agriculture. You know that we must collaborate internationally to reduce greenhouse gas emissions world-wide. You know that if we do not act now and decisively, we risk tipping our planet into out-of-control climate chaos, causing widespread-drought and agricultural failures leading to millions of climate refugees and extreme storms and sea-level rise causing trillions of dollars in losses. You know that the evidence for cliamte change is overwhelming: the Arctic is now 36 degrees F above its average temperature, the Arctic sea ice is at an historic low, and atmospheric methane concentrations are rising 20 times faster than a decade ago. Collectively, you have taken hundreds of millions of dollars from the fossil fuel industry. So, to satisfy your paymasters, you are proposing ExxonMobil's Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State and climate denier Scott Pruitt for the Environmental Protection Agency. And you are proposing that we withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, cancel EPA's Clean Power Plan, reduce vehicle fuel efficiency standards, eliminate NASA climate research funding and cut the U.S. contribution to the U.N. Green Climate Fund. If you enact these changes, contrary to climate expert opinion, then you will be held accountable for the climate damage and human misery you cause. What would be the appropriate punishment for such ignominy? What are the appropriate sanctions for such a pariah nation?
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