Climate Politics
Climate Skeptics Urge Trump to Boost Coal, Gut Science in Agencies
Activists who downplay climate change delivered a wish list to Trump’s transition team, with one calling his win “a tremendous opportunity” to reverse US policy.
Coal on barges in Pittsburgh, on Sept. 9, 2024.
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Activists who dispute the severity of climate change enjoyed cachet in Donald Trump’s first administration and salivated over the prospect of his return to the White House. Now that he’s won, they’ve delivered a wish list to his transition team.
At the top of their agenda: Terminating federal science advisory boards, reviewing air-quality regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and repealing President Joe Biden’s “anti-coal regulatory actions,” as well as promoting coal as “a preferred means of electricity.”