ABX19h ago
Greenpeace International

Let's get this straight...

Trump would rather pay US$1BILLION of public funds to BLOCK renewable energy and deepen deadly fossil fuel pollution and dependency...

than invest a SINGLE CENT to protect people from higher bills and worsening weather extremes.

It’s almost as if he’s entirely in the pocket of oil and gas corporations or something

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/23/climate/trump-totalenergies-offshore-wind-cancellation

Trump administration will pay a French company $1 billion in taxpayer funds to not build wind farms

The Trump administration announced it will pay nearly $1 billion to French energy giant TotalEnergies in exchange for the company abandoning plans to build offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean and instead pursue fossil fuel projects in the US.

CNN
Mar 25 at 9:40amWeb
Show threadPatrick H. Lauke19h ago
@greenpeace the lizard people need to make the planet hotter to colonise it more comfortably
Show threadStoneface Vimes19h ago
@greenpeace billionaire president of the usa? In the pocket of oil and gas corp's? Ha ha! As if that could even be possible...
Show threadRichard R Lee18h ago
#NihilistDeathCult. #Trumpistan. @greenpeace
Show threadPaul Barnfather17h ago
Ah, but the $1B isn't *his* money.
So no biggie, right? 🙄
Show threadДими́трий17h ago

@greenpeace

...or something.

Show threadPerkele17h ago

@greenpeace thats a bit misleading, AFAIK trump is just returning the money that the French company paid for the lease of the area?

I mean, it doesn't make it any less stupid. But kind of changes *how* its stupid.

I guess the lesson is, the orange moron can't do anything but stupid shit. One way or another.

Show threadChewie14h ago

@ItsePerkele @greenpeace returning, but they have to invest it back into oil and gas at some point.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/climate/offshore-wind-gas-trump-total.html

Hopefully they can wriggle out of that....

Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms

In exchange, the French company TotalEnergies would invest in oil and natural gas projects in Texas and elsewhere.

The New York Times
Show threadPerkele14h ago

@chewie @greenpeace Ah, thanks for the info.

I think it wouldn't be too hard to postpone those silly investments for a couple of years and hope for a sane administration coming in.

Show threadChewie13h ago
@ItsePerkele @greenpeace 🤞
Show threadstux⚡️16h ago

@greenpeace Windmills hate #Trump also

Like all of us..

Show threadLightfighter16h ago
@greenpeace Trump isn't paying anything, so he doesn't care about the cost. Other people are NPC's to him.
Show threadKristen16h ago
@greenpeace He's in Putin's pocket. Oil and gas are the only thing Putin can sell.
Show threadNicole Parsons16h ago

@greenpeace

It's also an indication of how freaked out the Epstein Class has become by the accelerated switch to renewables.

To keep their riches, the 1% is prepared to fund:

1. Fascist movements
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html

2. Economic wars & military attacks on Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Canada, Greenland, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, Ukraine, and the EU.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/25/estonia-latvia-report-drone-incursions-from-russian-airspace

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/24/russia-strikes-civilian-areas-ukraine

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-minerals-zelensky-putin-ukraine-russia-fossil-fuels-1235292274/

3. Collaborators

https://www.politico.eu/article/politico-journalist-call-intercept-published-hacking-security-review-hungary-ukraine/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr71rkeg7xxo

Koch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle

The huge sum shows that while the Koch network may not hold significant power at high levels of the Republican Party, it remains a financial juggernaut.

The New York Times
Show threadDuchamp Pérez13h ago

@greenpeace @Npars01 The Koch family, a single family, has caused so much suffering and death around the world because their hobby is fascism.

This is why we can't have billionaires. Too much power on randos who may be dangerous crackpots

Show threadFaithlessaint15h ago
@greenpeace It's exactly because he’s entirely in the pocket of oil and gas corporations.
Show threadsnailinjection10h ago
@greenpeace another scaring aspect, oil industry rates business over political ethics. If business grows in fascist environment better, they support it.