{"id":362531,"date":"2025-01-17T17:06:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=362531"},"modified":"2025-01-17T17:06:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:06:26","slug":"trumps-climate-cabinet-the-climate-realism-show-141","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=362531","title":{"rendered":"<font _mstmutation=\"1\"><\/font>Trump&#8217;s Climate Cabinet &#8211; The Climate Realism Show\u00a0#141"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"401\" data-attachment-id=\"362527\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=362527\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-17-165818.png?fit=1413%2C784&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1413,784\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot 2025-01-17 165818\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-17-165818.png?fit=723%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-17-165818.png?resize=723%2C401&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-362527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-17-165818.png?resize=1024%2C568&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-17-165818.png?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-17-165818.png?resize=768%2C426&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-17-165818.png?resize=1200%2C666&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-17-165818.png?w=1413&amp;ssl=1 1413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><font _mstmutation=\"1\"><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/ytc\/AIdro_nbFC65TF2vSmRND-z-tSnTQczJF6jiadJT6myXzyUVVEE=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HeartlandInstitute\">The Heartland Institute<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><font _mstmutation=\"1\"><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><font _mstmutation=\"1\"><\/font>Senate committee rooms on Capitol Hill were buzzing with activity this week as many of President Trump\u2019s picks for cabinet posts were underway. Three of the key hearings on climate and energy policy were Lee Zeldin for EPA, Doug Burgum for Interior, and Chris Wright for Energy. We hope you caught Heartland\u2019s two three-hour long \u201cwatch parties\u201d with gavel-to-gavel coverage this week, but there\u2019s still more to examine. What did the hearing performances of Trump\u2019s picks say about how they will serve in their roles? Which federal agency of the three needs the most work to change its purpose? And can these appointments succeed in carrying out Trump\u2019s agenda in the face of a deeply entrenched federal bureaucracy that is opposed to almost all of Trump\u2019s major climate and energy goals?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Heartland Institute\u2019s Anthony Watts, H. Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely will dive deeper into that topic. Plus, we\u2019ll review some of the Crazy Climate News of the Week, including a deep freeze that\u2019s on the way for most of the continental United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET and join the chat to engage in the show with other fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><font _mstmutation=\"1\"><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6PGhHwjOLGo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><font _mstmutation=\"1\"><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heartland Institute\u2019s Anthony Watts, H. 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Plus, we\u2019ll review some of the Crazy Climate News of the Week, including a deep freeze that\u2019s on the way for most of the continental United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":362527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691819847],"class_list":{"0":"post-362531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-and-energy-policy","10":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Screenshot-2025-01-17-165818.png?fit=1413%2C784&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1wjh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":428449,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=428449","url_meta":{"origin":362531,"position":0},"title":"SCOTUS TO KILL CLIMATE LAWSUITS? \u2013 The Climate Realism Show\u00a0#192","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"27\/02\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"On Episode 192 of The Climate Realism Show, The Heartland Institute\u2019s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and special guest Steve Milloy explain what\u2019s at stake in this case and how it might (or should) go. 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