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Sunday, March 10th, 2019

Trump’s rollbacks would increase CO2 emissions by more than 200 million tons annually, report finds

Author:     E.A. CRUNDEN
Source:     Think Progress
Publication Date:     MAR 5, 2019, 4:15 PM
 Link: Trump’s rollbacks would increase CO2 emissions by more than 200 million tons annually, report finds
Stephan:   The good news is that about two-thirds of Republican voters now accept that climate change is real, although they are not sure how serious an issue it is. Of course, that means 33% still don't believe in it at all, or that human activity is responsible. The bad news is that the Trump administration which numbers amongst the disbelieving one-third is doing everything they can think of to make it worse. Is that a political polemic? Sadly, no, that's the data speaking. Here's the report. If you don't help to get Republicans out of the government in 2020, your children, and their children are going to think very badly about you because they will have to live with the consequences of Trumpian stupidity.

Emissions rise from smoke stacks at Pacificorp’s 1000 megawatt coal fired power plant on October 9, 2017 outside Huntington, Utah. It was announced today that the Trump administration’s EPA will repeal the Clean Power Plan, that was put in place by the Obama administration.
Credit: George Frey/Getty

The Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to weaken or dismantle climate efforts would increase CO2 emissions by more than 200 million tons annually, taking a severe toll on public health, according to a new report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at New York University’s (NYU) law school.

Sectors responsible for nearly half of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are benefiting from rollbacks and weakened regulations at the expense of U.S. residents, according to the report. But state attorneys general across the country have played a key role in countering the the president’s quest to repeal or weaken several key environmental regulations.

“Donald Trump ran for president saying he was going to be a change agent and unfortunately he has. He has become […]

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