For climate protection, this Trump Presidency could be worse than the last
On the campaign trail in 2024 and since the November election, former president Donald Trump has not let up in denying the tie between fossil-fuel use and global warming. His supporters include the world’s largest petroleum companies and they are expecting to be paid back. But it won’t happen on ‘day one,’ as he claims. Paul Hockenos reports. In a disheartening prelude to the upcoming Trump presidency, just days before his inauguration the president-elect responded to the out-of-control wildfires in southern California – the largest in the region’s history – with political denunciations and familiar disinformation. While President Biden stood next to the California governor, Gavin Newsome, in a display of willingness to help devastated California, Trump spewed venom. He excoriated ‘Newscum and his Los Angeles crew’ for the calamity. On social media, he said the Democratic governor ‘refused to sign a water restoration declaration,’ which Trump claims would have allowed millions of gallons of rain and snowmelt to flow south to the areas on fire. ‘Now the ultimate price is being paid,’ Trump wrote. …
On the campaign trail in 2024 and since the November election, former president Donald Trump has not let up in denying the tie between fossil-fuel use and global warming. His supporters include the world’s largest petroleum companies and they are expecting to be paid back. But it won’t happen on ‘day one,’ as he claims. Paul Hockenos reports. Credits: DarwelShots In a disheartening…
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