"Mr. Trump and his allies envision a second term that would try to permanently eliminate protections for air, water and climate."
"On the campaign trail, Donald J. Trump has repeatedly said that he wants “the cleanest air and the cleanest water.”
But as president, Mr. Trump dissolved the nation’s protections for those basic elements, as well as public lands, endangered species and the climate. He sought to silence government scientists and gutted the federal agencies charged with safeguarding the environment. And he gave control of those agencies to lobbyists from the regulated industries.
President Biden has restored many of the 100 environmental rules and policies that were killed by the Trump administration. But if Mr. Trump wins next week’s election, he is expected to not only erase those regulations again but also try to make sure that they can’t be revived. He and his allies have mapped out a plan to dismantle the legal and scientific foundations of the federal government’s authority to regulate the environment, particularly on climate change.
“Trump’s the worst president for the environment in American history,” said Douglas Brinkley, a presidential historian and professor at Rice University. “A second term will be brutal. He is going to go full throttle on having the trophy of shutting down the green movement and replacing it with an older-style gasoline and coal-fired America.”"
SEE ALSO:
"How a Trump Win Would Upend Major Climate Court Fights" (New York Times)
"How Kamala Harris And Donald Trump Compare On Climate Change" (Yale Climate Connections)
"Where Do The Candidates Stand On Climate Change?" (Yale Climate Connections)
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