Former President Donald Trump dismantled the pillars of U.S. climate policy when he exited the Paris climate accord and rolled back more than 100 regulations to protect air, water, endangered species and human health.
But it’s clear, as he officially assumes his role as the Republican nominee and standard bearer this week, that he altered American environmental protection in even deeper and more longer-lasting ways.
The United States returned to the Paris pact after Trump’s presidency, but he showed other populist leaders a way out of the global climate agreement, which is itself now unstable. While no other nation has as yet followed suit and walked away, pledges to cut carbon emissions—already inadequate, according to the scientific consensus—are weakening. Insurgent right-wing politicians in Europe have embraced the Trump doctrine, insisting that backing down from climate pledges can boost faltering economies.
President Joe Biden’s administration has reversed most of the regulatory rollbacks of his predecessor, but Trump left behind a conservative 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court that has already irrevocably changed environmental protection in America. The biggest shock came on June 28, when the court overturned a 40-year-old legal precedent that buttressed federal regulatory action. By dismissing the so-called “Chevron doctrine,” the court handed […]
Trump, as well as DeSantis, are guilty of harming our planet just to get elected with money coming from oil barons and other corporations that harm our environment! Are Americans unaware of the floods, intense heat, tornadoes, winds, and hurricanes that we have been experiencing not enough information to realize that these candidates are taking us and the world on the wrong track? What does it take to wake them up how close we are to not being able to prevent the beginning of the end of this planet? Shame on them, the voters, and shame on the politicians who care nothing for this country or the world!