<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Hazel Henderson</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hazel.henderson@ethicalmarkets.com">hazel.henderson@ethicalmarkets.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 9:17 PM<br>Subject: "Climate Risking the Trump Brand"<br><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-1018557566810884141WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">B</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">acking out of the U S Commitment to the
<span style="color:black">2015 </span>UN Climate Accords signed in Paris by 195 nations, Trump himself
<span style="color:black">risks</span> derailing his own brand<span style="color:black"> and Trump-branded properties
</span>worldwide. This additional unforced error<span style="color:black">, warned against by
</span>his top advisors<span style="color:black">, </span>from Rex Tillerson, Gary Cohn and a host of corporate chiefs to
<span style="color:black">Ivanka and </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Jared Kushner</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Trump<span style="color:black"> seems</span> influenced by the Breitbart alumni in the White House<span style="color:black">,
</span>Steve Bannon, Jeff Session's henchman Stephen Miller, </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Sebastian Gorka
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and others. Breitbart's fake news operation a<span style="color:black">nd</span> the Trump campaign<span style="color:black">,
</span>funded by Renaissance Technologies boss Robert Mercer<span style="color:black">,</span> also serves as an outlet for RT and other Russian propaganda.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Trump's back<span style="color:black">slid</span>ing on the UN Climate deal has revealed the extent of these perverse influences on the foreign policy of the USA. We may see
resignations of some of his still respected team: Secretary of Defense General Mattis, National Security Advisor General McMasters and
<span style="color:black">General Kelly at Homeland Security</span>. Even <span style="color:black">
Chief Economic advisor </span>Gary Cohn may be embarrassed enough to return to his top post at Goldman Sachs.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 200 nations still committed to the climate agreement are
<span style="color:black">ranged </span>against the 3 defectors, Syria, Nicaragua and the USA. This
<span style="color:black">seems to </span>be the last global stand of the fossilized
<span style="color:black">I</span>ndustrial<span style="color:black"> Era </span>
sectors and their cheerleaders in the USA, OPEC, Russia, Saudi Arabia and other oil states<span style="color:black">,</span> shale frack<span style="color:black">ers, their foolish financiers</span> and coal interest<span style="color:black">s</span> around
the world.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Meanwhile as we have forecast in our
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://4a5qvh23tbek30e0mg42uq87.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/GTS-Final-Draft-042517.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0563c1">2017 Green Transition Scoreboard</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">®</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
tracking private investments as green sectors worldwide since 2007-<span style="color:black">---</span>now a cumulative $8.1 trillion-<span style="color:black">---</span>the cleaner green transition to inclusive renewable energy and
<span style="color:black">circular resource-</span>using economies is <span style="color:black">
u</span>nstop<span style="color:black">p</span>able. Even the </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://thinkprogress.org/renewable-energy-is-unstoppable-declares-financial-times-40c222f439bb" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0563c1">Financial
Times</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> agrees along with the Economist.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">So
<span style="color:black">a </span>Trump<span style="color:black"> u</span>nforced error in pulling out of the climate deal simply hurts the US position and cedes the competitive advantage
<span style="color:black">in</span> the race to complete the global green transition to China, Europe, Latin America and the solar-rich countries of Africa and Asia. The
<span style="color:black">3</span> million jobs already <span style="color:black">
power</span>ing the US green transition will continue<span style="color:black"> growing, but more will</span> be created elsewhere<span style="color:black">----so far with 8.5 million worldwide</span>. While the White House is consumed by the Russian and financial
scandals and the Republican dominated Congress is laying low, the millions of voters who opposed Trump are re-grouping and a small band of citizens has an appeal at the Supreme Court to
<span style="color:black">appoin</span>t a "Special <span style="color:black">Master</span>" to investigate the Russian hacking of the US,
<span style="color:black">in addition to </span>Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Meanwhile the growing group of medical and psychological experts continue to call for closer examination of Trump's medical records<span style="color:black">, to assess</span> whether
he is capable of <span style="color:black">continuing to </span>exercis<span style="color:black">e</span> the responsibilities of his office.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As an immigrant, naturalized as a US citizen in <a href="tel:1963" value="+661963" target="_blank">1963</a>, I pray for my beloved adopted country.
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