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Wendy Siegelman
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The Trump admin wasn't going to mention climate change at Arctic Council Mtg...now Pompeo is praising it!

“Steady reductions in sea ice are opening new passageways and new opportunities for trade” & Arctic Ocean is "taking on new strategic significance”
observer.com/2019/05/mike-p…
In 2017 I did a long thread on US & Russian energy interests in the Arctic after seeing scary headlines on:

"Arctic Ocean thaw helps Russian shipping"

"New records for Arctic shipping but warming yet to bring bonanza"

Now Pompeo is echoing these words

Here's 2017 thread on energy interests in the Arctic and climate change:
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Thank you @RepSpeier for always following the $

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