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Politico: This possible Trump adviser says electric cars, walkable cities and even talking about climate change are ...
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/19/climate-change-trump-adviser-00184464This possible Trump adviser says electric cars, walkable cities and even talking about climate change are harmful
Former Ambassador Carla Sands focuses on energy issues at the America First Policy Institute, a Trump-aligned think tank.
By SCOTT WALDMAN
10/19/2024 04:00 PM EDT
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Since 2022, Sands has worked as a top energy official at the America First Policy Institute, a think tank that got a huge boost in August when Trump picked Linda McMahon — the group’s board chair — to serve as co-chair of his presidential transition team.
That’s where Sands, who serves as vice chair of the group’s Center for Energy and Environment, has found a platform for her conspiratorial views on climate change.
Trump’s choice of McMahon elevated the America First Policy Institute as a nexus of influence — especially since Trump has distanced himself from the Heritage Foundation, another conservative think tank. The two groups have similar goals, but the Heritage Foundation gave Democrats ammunition to attack Trump — thereby earning his ire — by publishing Project 2025, a detailed playbook of how a second Trump administration might work.
The institute, founded in 2021, boasts a number of former Trump officials including former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and former Energy Secretary Rick Perry. It’s expected to have an outsize influence on both personnel and policy if Trump recaptures the White House.
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Former Ambassador Carla Sands focuses on energy issues at the America First Policy Institute, a Trump-aligned think tank.
By SCOTT WALDMAN
10/19/2024 04:00 PM EDT
…
Since 2022, Sands has worked as a top energy official at the America First Policy Institute, a think tank that got a huge boost in August when Trump picked Linda McMahon — the group’s board chair — to serve as co-chair of his presidential transition team.
That’s where Sands, who serves as vice chair of the group’s Center for Energy and Environment, has found a platform for her conspiratorial views on climate change.
Trump’s choice of McMahon elevated the America First Policy Institute as a nexus of influence — especially since Trump has distanced himself from the Heritage Foundation, another conservative think tank. The two groups have similar goals, but the Heritage Foundation gave Democrats ammunition to attack Trump — thereby earning his ire — by publishing Project 2025, a detailed playbook of how a second Trump administration might work.
The institute, founded in 2021, boasts a number of former Trump officials including former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and former Energy Secretary Rick Perry. It’s expected to have an outsize influence on both personnel and policy if Trump recaptures the White House.
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