American energy producers are making sure they can afford the latest books.
Fox News (12/5/19) reports: "American schools are reaping the rewards of federal energy revenues, according to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. The Department of the Interior's updated business practices and regulations have resulted in 'demonstrable gains' in revenue from federal lands, revenue that returns to taxpayers and to states, Bernhardt told FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo, pointing to New Mexico as an example. 'New Mexico received $1.17 billion from the Department of the Interior last year. That money goes for schools, for roads, things that are important in New Mexico,' Bernhardt said. More than this, the energy independence gained by the United States under the Trump administration has transformed American foreign policy and the way Americans think about the world, according to Bernhardt. 'But it's primarily transformed workers' opportunities to make money in rural communities,' he added."
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"But what matters is not only CO2 emissions, it's also how rich you are to be able to tackle it. If you're really poor and a hurricane hits you, you'd die. If you're really rich, like in Florida, most people lose stuff. The reality is, if you can get people to get out of poverty, then you can actually make them much more resilient and make sure that they don't end up with nearly as bad impacts from climate change."
– Bjorn Lomborg,
Copenhagen Consensus Center
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