Exxon's new investment is a continuation of its previous policy and has nothing much to do with the Republican tax cut for corporations.

Saboteur Pruitt has delayed the Clean Water Plan till 2020 as a first step towards changing it to say "Polluters welcome!"

The Green Party responds to the Mistake of the Union speech.

"Unless we rewrite NAFTA, the trade pact will keep giving the green light to corporations to outsource American jobs, pushing down wages for everyone."

I agree, but don't forget the worst thing in NAFTA, the ISDS provision ("I Sue Democratic States") whereby each country gives foreign businesses legal priority over its own citizens and effectively a veto over laws.

Nine US states are working together to put a price on carbon emissions.

Emissions-trading schemes can be effective, but it is hard to prevent companies from gaming the system. The EU's system was designed wrong, leading to a price so low that it doesn't reduce emissions. The problems have never been corrected, due I expect to fossil fuel lobbyists.

If these states want the system to function, they should adopt an emissions tax rather than emissions trading.