People keep worrying about Trump’s second term and what he will do about the environment. In its quarterly magazine Earthjustice has reminded us of just how bad he was in his first term. I can’t list all of the things he did, but here are a few in case you have forgotten:
gutted Obama-era methane pollution standards.
decimated Obama-era clean car and fuel economy standards.
eviscerated the National Environmental Policy Act.
pulled out of the Paris Agreement on climate.
gutted Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
tried to weaken protections against coal ash pollution.
tried to rewrite the standards on the Endangered Species Act.
overturned a moratorium on coal leasing on public lands.
There are more. In some cases Earthjustice and other environmental groups were able to stop or blunt Trump administrative actions; in some cases the fight goes on.
And that was in the first four years he was in office.
By the way, Jill Stein is a disgrace. Once again we have a candidate who is willing to put personal ambition above the environment and the country. That woman is a blight on the Green movement. There is nothing “green” about her. Take it from a founding member of the CA Green Party.
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