Donald Trump pushes over 300 measures against climate policy and strengthens the dominance of fossil fuels in the US
Source: InsaneSnow45
Donald Trump pushes over 300 measures against climate policy and strengthens the dominance of fossil fuels in the US
Source: InsaneSnow45
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I guess the administration is pro smog. As someone who lives through days where you could not go outside because the smog was so bad, we are looking for that again. Long live lung cancer and asthma for all the kids.
The time to remove that jackass from office is *shuffles notes* 3 months ago.
>In just one year since his return to the White House in January 2025, Donald Trump has pushed more than 315 measures to dismantle U.S. climate policy and favor fossil fuels.
>The tracker from the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law (Columbia University) documents each of these actions, which include the repeal of environmental regulations, withdrawal from international agreements, and limitation of climate science.
>Among the most recent decisions is the revocation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)‘s authority to set limits on greenhouse gas emissions in key sectors such as energy, transportation, and industry. Emission standards for vehicles in place since 2012 have also been eliminated.
>The Fossil Strategy
>The administration’s stated goal is to “restore American energy dominance” based on oil, gas, and coal, according to the National Security Strategy published in 2025. The fossil sector, a major financier of Trump’s campaign, holds key positions in the Government: his Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, was an executive at a fracking company.
>The measures include:
>* Banning offshore wind energy projects.
>* Facilitating oil and gas extraction.
>* Reducing regulatory hurdles for coal.
>* Limiting scientific agencies’ collaboration with the IPCC.
>Reactions and Opposition
>California Governor Gavin Newsom announced lawsuits against the repeal of EPA standards, calling it an illegal action. Former Secretary of State John Kerry defined it as an “anti-American decision.”
>Internationally, Trump has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and has pressured other countries to reduce their commitment to renewables. At the Davos Forum, he urged the EU and the UK to “move past” clean energy and harshly criticized wind turbines.