Friday, February 17, 2017

The Trump Administration 's environmental rollbacks

On January 20, in the first official minutes of his term in office, Donald Trump announced his wholesale targeting of Obama-era regulations protecting the environment. From the LA Times:

"He said it on the campaign trail and, just moments after being sworn into office, President Trump said it again on a new platform, the White House website: 
He intends to roll back former President Obama’s signature efforts to fight climate change, reverse other environmental laws, dramatically expand fossil fuel production on public lands, revive the coal industry, establish “energy independence” from the OPEC “cartel” but also “work with our Gulf allies to develop a positive energy relationship as part of our anti-terrorism strategy.” 
Trump’s “America First Energy Plan” was the top item under the “issues” section of the wholly revamped  White House site  that appeared just after noon Eastern time...."
Read the entire thing here.


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