that's the same firm paid by the american petroleum institute to lobby for them. nice work, if you can get it. why exactly the national parolium council needs to spend hundreds of thousands on swanky lobbying firms is a mystery when they cut out the middle man and put big oil's big guns straight into the government. until february last year, chairman was none other than current secretary of state rex tillerson, former ceo of exxonmobil. dick cheney was the ceo of oil and gas giant halliburton. the council's last meeting was in september and the speakers included energy secretary rick perry, previously on the board of two oil companies. sonocco and energy transfer partners and interior secretary ryan zinke fresh from the board of oil pipeline company key west energy. why don't they just be open about it and move the federal government to houston? that would make life easier for byron brown. who is that? i will tell you. he was senior council to the senate committee on environment and public works, and then last year appointed to a team at the environmental protecti

which has received funding from exxon mobil koch industries and the american petroleum institute part land spokespeople a fixtures in the us and other anglosphere media outlets we always have. always had the same is true for the competitive enterprise institute which has also been funded by oil and coal companies aren't the director of the center for energy and environment with the competitive enterprise institute one place he won't find climate skeptic lobby groups is china chinese industry just like the media tends to move in step with communist party policy as far as the party is concerned the debate around the cause of global warming has long been settled for almost a decade now china has. the world's leading investor in clean energy. and in his speech at the c.c. peace nineteenth congress late last year president xi jinping himself wounded the home humanity inflicted on nature. in china on climate change is it's very important it's happening and we have to do something about it and it's very difficult for journalists to deviate from the official line on anything so be very unlike

the american petroleum institute complains about rules eliminating emissions. they tried to roll them back. the oil alliance complained about fuel efficiency standards the oil companies agreed to for american cars. pruitt starts a project to water them down. trump takes money by the shovel full from fossil fuel donors and pence dances on koch brothers' strings. and yet, and yet, 2017 offered reasons to remain optimistic. first as the explosion in renewable energy. in 2017, renewables provided nearly 20% of electricity generation in the united states, as wind and solar costs fell, utilities across the country even in red states invested heavily in wind and solar. the renewable energy industry hit 3.3 million jobs, more than all fossil fuel jobs combined. more good news. the leadership void left by the corrupted trump administration was filled by thousands of state and local governments, businesses, academic institutions, and faith organizations who pledged to honor the paris agreement and reduce their carbon emissions. the states of california, connecticut, hawa

the extended opec production cuts, strong global demand and right here at home the american petroleum institute saying that oil inventories here in the states actually tumbled. that helps to keep energy afloat but by the end of the day the pressure from utilities and real estate really weighed on the market overall so big picture we finish to the downside, ge, jpmorgan and merck led the way. liz: great to see you thanks so much now the deadly mudslides in california is a state that's been suffering through drought and massive fires and just now almost contained. the death toll throw from these mudslides up to 15 expected to climb more than two dozen injured, a wall, a towering wall of mud rocks and debris plummetted down from hillsides on to several neighborhoods in the santa barbara area. hundred miles north of los angeles an area hit hard by fire authorities say the area "looks like a world war one battlefiel" rescue efforts continue both oprah winfrey and ellen among the stars whose homes are in the path. oprah woke up to a blazing gas fire in her neighborhood. let's get to this st

host: when this plan was announced by the interior department earlier this month, the american petroleum institute put out a statement saying "this new offshore leasing plan is an important step towards harnessing our energy potential to the benefit of american energy consumers. the ability to safely, responsibly access our resources is a critical part of advancing the long-term energy security of the u.s., also encouraging economic growth,'s during manufacturing, investment, and strengthening national security." guest: john, that's complete nonsense. in this country we are producing more oil then we have at any time in 50 years. 9 billion barrels per day. what's happening to that oil? by the way, it almost doubled over the last 10 years. mostly during the obama we nearlytion, doubled oil production in this country. but the very oil industry you just cited is exporting 6 million barrels per day of crude oil and refined oil products. that's 3.5 times as much as we were just a few years ago. they are exporting 6 million barrels per day. this is not about energy security. it's about profits