Climate change Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration



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during campaign, trump expressed view global warming , cooling natural process. described global warming hoax ; , attributed hoax chinese government plot sabotage american manufacturing, later claimed had been joke. candidate trump said rescind obama s climate action plan, cancel u.s. participation in paris climate agreement, , stop u.s. payments towards united nations global warming programs.


positions on global warming differ within trump administration. u.s. secretary of defense james mattis has called climate change true threat national security , stability. epa administrator scott pruitt has said not believe carbon dioxide primary contributor global warming.


trump has committed removal of regulations on industry deems unnecessary burden on energy industries. specifically, has cited obama s climate action plan priority among these regulations. climate action plan, issued in june 2013, includes regulations industry ultimate goal of cutting domestic carbon emission, preparing u.s. impending effects of climate change, , working internationally address climate change. among regulations outlined in plan initiatives increase natural disaster preparedness, create , improve existing hospitals, , modernize infrastructure better withstand extreme weather. in march 2017, trump signed executive order officially withdraw , rewrite obama s clean power plan in effort revive coal mining industry. trump has called obama-era fuel standards burden on u.s. automotive industry , has instructed epa administrator pruitt review them.


in june 2017 trump proposed in white house meeting wall mexico should covered solar panels.








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