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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by manarth on Friday January 20, 2017 @10:41AM (#13444563) 

  he is unlikely to push climate change one way or another
He has appointed a number of climate-change deniers to the cabinet [1], including positions such as the EPA Administrator. I wouldn't be surprised to see action against mitigating climate change, such as removing protections, or reducing funding for agencies involved in environmental protection.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/15/trump-ca...

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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by conistonwater on Friday January 20, 2017 @11:58AM (#13445101)
This seems right to me, by the principle that "actions speak louder than words". Presumably actions also speak louder than words that weren't said.
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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by plussed_reader on Friday January 20, 2017 @02:17PM (#13446246)
Right, but the campaign is run on words. And now we get to live the reality of whatever those words 'meant'.
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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by mcintyre1994 on Friday January 20, 2017 @10:49AM (#13444611)
Has he gone back on his plan to end the Paris treaty? If not that seems like a big push one way or the other - though of course he might go back on it.
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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by okreallywtf on Friday January 20, 2017 @11:37AM (#13444949)
Its literally day 1, give him 24 hours and we'll see.
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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by manarth on Friday January 20, 2017 @12:27PM (#13445313)
Not even 24 hours.

  For too long, we’ve been held back by burdensome regulations on our energy
  industry. President Trump is committed to eliminating harmful and unnecessary
  policies such as the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the U.S. rule.
  Lifting these restrictions will greatly help American workers, increasing wages
  by more than $30 billion over the next 7 years.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/america-first-energy
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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by eddiecalzone on Friday January 20, 2017 @12:27PM (#13445314)
You'd think, but he's decided to take the weekend off (not kidding). This, after it came out that he wanted tanks and rocket launchers at the inauguration. Our Dear Leader had to be told that it would look bad, and that the weight of the tanks would turn the streets to rubble.
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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by gsg21 on Friday January 20, 2017 @12:47PM (#13445466)
I'm not doubting you, but I'm curious if you have a link/source regarding the tanks and rocket launchers
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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by burkaman on Friday January 20, 2017 @01:04PM (#13445599)
Anonymous source to the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-military-equipment...
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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by anigbrowl on Friday January 20, 2017 @02:43PM (#13446447)
that story was served anonymously, but correctly predicted 2 days ago that there would be military overflights of teh inauguration parade, confirmed here: http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/military-flyovers-for-...

So I think it would be a mistake to dismiss it as pure conjecture considering that it has been partly validated by events. It would be quite easy to file a FOIA request to find out whether there were requests for ground-based hardware. Trump is already on record expressing a desire for military parades: http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/trump-to-hold-military...

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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by plussed_reader on Friday January 20, 2017 @02:18PM (#13446253)
So you don't have a real source, just conjecture?
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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by burkaman on Friday January 20, 2017 @03:20PM (#13446675)
No, I'm not a reporter, I don't have any sources. Just trying to help people who don't feel like looking it up themselves.
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