Can a New U.S. President Really Wreck the Climate?
This is a click-bait headline: The actual dismantling of US climate-stabilization initiatives under a Trump 2.0 administration will be undertaken by a (literally) well-oiled and extensive team, following through on a series of policy aspirations under development for many years. This previous post explored how the Trump 1.0 team rolled back many U.S. environmental regulations, only to see their efforts thrown out or slowed by the courts and reversed by the Biden administration. With lessons learned, Trump 2.0 appointees will be more savvy and successful, and will also have the backing of more than 200 Trump-appointed federal judges, as well as three Trump-appointed Supreme Court nominees. This post explores just how far the Trump 2.0 team could go.
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