Washington Watch: Trump Launches Repeal of Climate Actions; States and Citizens Will Fight Back
Last week the new president continued his anti-environmental crusades by signing a new executive order attempting to roll back the central Obama Administration actions to try to rein in climate change, including the Clean Power Plan and the moratorium on new coal-mining leases on federal lands.
In response, the governors of states like Washington and California indicated that they would continue their own efforts to reduce carbon emissions and support lawsuits to fight the Trump pro-dirty energy changes.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) president Rhea Suh said, “This is an all-out assault on the protections we need to avert climate catastrophe. It’s a senseless betrayal of our national interests. And it’s a short-sighted attempt to undermine American clean energy leadership. Trump is sacrificing our future for fossil fuel profits – and leaving our kids to pay the price. This would do lasting damage to our environment and public lands, threaten our homes and health, hurt our pocketbooks and slow the clean energy progress that has already generated millions of good-paying jobs. We won’t surrender our children’s future to fossil fuel profits without a fight.”
