Mike Pompeo, Climate Policy Foe, Picked to Replace Tillerson at State

"Trump fired Rex Tillerson, a former Exxon CEO who supported staying in the Paris climate accord. Pompeo is a Koch brothers ally and climate policy critic."

"With Rex Tillerson's firing, President Donald Trump's new choice for Secretary of State—Mike Pompeo, a former Kansas congressman currently serving as director of the CIA—signals a hardening stance against international engagement on climate change.

Pompeo's career in business and politics was tightly intertwined with the oil magnate Koch brothers, and he has shown a deep disregard for climate science and the need to address the climate crisis.

As a congressman, Pompeo said the Paris climate agreement amounted to "bow(ing) down to radical environmentalists," and he blasted President Barack Obama for what Pompeo called a "perverse fixation on achieving his economically harmful environmental agenda" in the 2015 talks."

Marianne Lavelle reports for InsideClimate News March 13, 2018.

SEE ALSO:

"Pompeo, Koch Ally And Paris Climate Critic, Tipped as US Secretary Of State" (Climate Home News)

"Pompeo, Trump’s Pick for Secretary of State, Is a ‘Great Climate Skeptic’" (New York Times)

"Trump’s Pick To Replace Former Exxon CEO As Secretary Of State Is A Bigger Climate Denier" (HuffPost)

"Greens Fear Climate Backslide With Pompeo As Top U.S. Diplomat" (Reuters)