RULE, THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT TRUMP IS ATTACKING THE EPA
IN ITS ABILITY TO PROTECT AMERICAN START FROM DETAILS
FROM PLANS THAT HAVE COME OUT.
THE PLAN IS TO/EPA STASH FROM ITS CURRENT LEVEL OF 25,000
TO 22,000.
IF YOU REALLY ARE WORRIED ABOUT CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER
KILLING OFF 3000 JOBS AT THE EPA SEEMS LIKE A WEIRD WAY TO
DO THAT BUT IT GOES BEYOND THAT.
THE PROPOSAL ALSO DICTATES THE AGENCIES GRANTS TO STATE
INCLUDING ITS AIR AND WATER PRESENT 30% ILLUMINATING
30TH SEVERAL PROGRAMS IN THEIR ENTIRETY.
WERE NOT TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM BUT HERE ARE A FEW.
PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR ZERO FUNDING INCLUDING GRANTS TO FILL
A BROWNFIELDS WHICH ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL SITES, ELECTRONIC
MANIFEST SYSTEM FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE WAS GIVES THE STATISTICS
THAT HELPS IN TRACKING OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, AND
TERMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS, THEY OPPOSE IS PROBABLY BECAUSE OF
THE INCLUSION OF THE WORD JUSTICE, CLIMATE CHANGE
INITIATIVES OBVIOUSLY AND FUNDING FOR ALASKA NATIVE
VILLAGES.
THE AGENCIES OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COULD FACE
A CUT OF UP TO 42%.
THE DOCUMENT ELIMINATES FUNDING ALTOGETHER FOR THE OFFICES
CONTRIBUTION TO THE US GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM
WHICH WAS SET UP BACK IN 1989 BY GEORGE HW BUSH DURING A
DIFFERENT TIME FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THAT IS WHAT IS ALREADY HAPPENED OR WHAT HIS PLAN TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE SOME SPECULATION ABOUT THINGS COMING OUT OF THE
TRUMPET IN ADDITION COULD COME OUT VERY SOON.
JOB IS APPARENTLY LIKELY TO SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER NEXT
WEEK THAT LIVES THE BAN ON NEW FEDERAL COALMINER LEASES
AND START THE PROCESS OF KILLING OTHER OBAMA ERA INITIATIVES
TO COMBAT GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE.
A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL SAID RESCINDING FEDERAL COAL
LEASING MORATORIUM AS PART OF THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER WHICH
HAS LOTS OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS INCLUDING THE CLEAN POWERPLANT.
WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF WAYS THAT DONALD TRUMP CAN REALLY
KNEECAP THE VARIOUS EFFORTS THAT OBAMA PUT INTO PLACE
SPECIFICALLY TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.
MANY OF THESE LITTLE CHANGES DON'T HAVE MUCH TO DO A CLIMATE
CHANGE BUT THERE IS NOTHING MORE SINGULARLY DAMAGING TO THE
GLOBAL CLIMATE THEN GOAL ADMISSIONS AND THE IDEAL
THAT WE ARE GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN ON: WE HAVE MADE SO MUCH
PROCESSES A SPECIES AND SWITCHING FROM COLD OTHER
FORMS OF ENERGY WHICH ARE CLEANER.
I'M NOT EVEN TALKING THERE ABOUT GEOTHERMAL AND WAVE AND
SOLAR AND ALL OF THAT.
EVEN NATURAL GAS AS FAR CLEANER.
COAL IS IN A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN.
THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN ON.
THEY WILL CALL IT CLEANER WHATEVER BUT THIS IS THEIR
ATTEMPT TO SQUEEZE EVERY PENNY OUT OF THE GROUND TO MAKE
EVERY PROFIT POSSIBLE EVEN IF IT MEANS ELIMINATING OUR
FUTURE AS A SPECIES.
IF YOU ARE WHITE WINGER I GET IT, YOU DON'T LIKE FAX.
YOU DON'T WANT RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT THAT WHEN TRUMP
SAYS TO CUT THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUDGET BY 42%
YOU'RE LIKE YES, LESS FAXED I LOVE IT.
GOD HELP US IF WE HAD FAXED WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE CORRECT
DECISIONS I UNDERSTAND THAT PART.
BUT REALLY, YOU DON'T WANT INDUSTRIAL WASTES SITES
NEXT TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO BE CLEANED UP?
LET'S LOOK AT PRIORITIES.
HE IS GOING TO ADD $54 BILLION TO THE DEFENSE BUDGET.
IT ALREADY TRIPLES ARE SECOND CLOSEST COMPETITOR SO WE
SPENT ABOUT THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS CHINA DOES SO THAT'S NOT
A BIG ENOUGH LEAP?
WE SPEND 36% OF THE ENTIRE MILITARY BUDGET OF THE
WORLD BUT THAT'S NOT A BIG ENOUGH LEAD.
HE HAS TO ADD $54 BILLION ON TOP.
THE EPA TO CLEAN UP INDUSTRIAL WASTE NEXT TO YOU,
1 BILLION IS TOO MUCH.
SO HE IS GOING TO CUT A QUARTER OF THE MONEY GOING TO THE
EPA IN ORDER TO SAVE WHAT?
$2 BILLION SO THAT HE CAN ADD $54 BILLION TO DEFENSE SPENDING.
IS IT BECAUSE THE DEFENSE SPENDING IS GOING TO MAKE A
SAFER?
IT ALLOWS THEM TO DEMAGOGUE AND SAY NO I CAN ONLY PROTECT
YOU AND IT GIVES MONEY TO THE DEFENSE CONTRACTORS WHO
DONATE TO REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS AND IF YOUR KID IS PLAYING
NEAR AN INDUSTRIAL WASTE SITE, TOO BAD THAT YOU DIDN'T
GIVE ME A CAMPAIGN DONATION AND NEITHER DID YOUR KID.
I AM GOING TO CUT THE HELL OUT OF THE EPA THAT PROTECTS YOU AND
I'M GOING TO GIVE GIANT UNBELIEVABLE CONTRACTS TO THE
DEFENSE CONTRACTORS WHO SUPPORT ME AND IT IS ALL ABOUT THE
PRIORITIES.
WHEN THEY SAY THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THE EPA, THAT IS
THE BIGGEST LIE YOU'VE EVER HEARD.
THEY'VE EVERY PLENTY OF MONEY IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF
WHERE THEY PUT IT.
NOW WE'RE MASSIVELY OUT OF TIME.
SECOND HOUR COMING UP.
FIRST OF ALL, EVERYONE CHECK OUT YOUTUBE.COM/THINKTANK.
JOHN AND HANNAH DO A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THERE.
IN THE NEXT HOUR, THEY'RE NOW TARGETING SPECIFIC IMMIGRANTS
ONE BY ONE AND IF YOU MAKE A POLITICAL STATEMENT AGAINST THE
TRUMP TEAM AND YOU ARE UNDOCUMENTED, THEY WILL
LITERALLY REMOVE YOU FROM THE COUNTRY.
WHEN I SAID IT THEY WILL TARGET THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND I
SAID IT FROM DAY ONE, PEOPLE WERE LIKE NO, THAT'S TOO ñ
POLITICAL OPPONENTS?
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
THEY HAVE ALREADY BEGUN.