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Trump Environment Policy Tag

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 11, 2020 19 Comments
While much of the media and the American public was focused in the Iran attack this week, President Donald Trump announced significant changes to the nation’s landmark environmental law. The changes would make it easier for federal agencies to approve infrastructure projects without jumping through needless hoops set by green justice bureaucrats.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 14, 2019 28 Comments
California and a coalition of 21 other states have sued the Trump administration over the decision to rescind restrictions on coal-burning power plants. These restrictions played a crucial part in Obama’s climate change policy.
State Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra said Trump’s effort to dismantle 2015’s Clean Power Plan undercuts efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and allows the Environmental Protection Agency to abandon its legal responsibility to crack down on air pollution.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 13, 2019 36 Comments
President Donald Trump has promised to roll back business-killing regulations to create a healthier economic climate. Some of the most difficult of those regulations came from the "Endangered Species Act." The government implemented the rules initially to protect whales, eagles, and other wildlife. It eventually devolved into a green dictatorship in which small fish and insects could be used to prohibit land and business development.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 12, 2019 29 Comments
My son and I often have dinner together and watch FNC's "The Five." This week, one discussion that caught my attention was the response to panelist Juan Williams' assertion that the Republicans do not have any response to climate change. When fellow pundit Greg Gutfeld responded, "Gen. IV Nuclear," Williams went on as if he never heard the remark.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on November 23, 2018 15 Comments
Erik Solheim, the head of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), has been forced to resign after an internal audit report questioning his huge travel expense surfaced in the media. Solheim, a green politician and former Norwegian Environment Minister, had spent almost half a million dollars jet-setting around the world. Solheim stepped down after cerain UN member states threatened to withhold funding over the latest revelations. According to a UK media report: "Countries unhappy with Solheim’s conduct were holding back tens of millions of dollars, threatening a financial crisis at the body."
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