Trump’s 2018 Assaults on the Environment HD

In 2018, President Trump did everything in his power to get rid of environmental protections and make climate change worse. Here are 7 examples. SOURCES: [i] https://www.noaa.gov/news/new-federal-climate-assessment-for-us-released [ii] https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/ [iii] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/national-climate-assessment-black-friday/576589/ [iv] & [v]: https://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/esact.html [va] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-we-decide-which-animals-become-endangered-180956923/ [vi] https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/endangered-species-attacks-07-19-2018.php [via] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/climate/endangered-species-act-changes.html [vii] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/us/oil-drilling-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge.html [viia] https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-signing-h-r-1-tax-cuts-jobs-bill-act-h-r-1370/ [viii] See vii. [ix] http://columbiaclimatelaw.com/climate-deregulation-tracker/blm-proposes-to-open-9-million-acres-of-sage-grouse-habitat-to-drilling-and-mining/ [x] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-10-23/pdf/2015-22842.pdf [xa] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/21/trump-administration-to-replace-obamas-clean-power-plan.html [xi] https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2018/08/20/trumps-dirty-power-plan/ [xia] https://www.nrdc.org/experts/david-doniger/trumps-dirty-power-plan-means-hell-earth [xii] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/climate/epa-coal-pollution-deaths.html [xiia] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/new-trump-power-plant-plan-would-release-hundreds-of-millions-of-tons-of-co2-into-the-air/2018/08/18/be823078-a28e-11e8-83d2-70203b8d7b44_story.html [xiii] https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trumps-tax-on-solar-power-heres-what-you-need-to-know-128671/ [xiv] https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/Press/fs/201%20Cases%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf [xv] See xiii. [xvi] https://libn.com/2018/12/13/solar-industry-blames-tariffs-for-canceled-delayed-projects/ [xvii] https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/05/politics/scott-pruitt-epa-resigns/index.html [xviii] https://www.npr.org/2018/07/06/626525274/get-to-know-andrew-wheeler-ex-coal-lobbyist-with-inside-track-to-lead-epa [xix] https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/11/trump-proposes-roll-back-water-protections-1022227 [xixa] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-31/trump-epa-celebrates-cleaner-air-while-it-rolls-back-regulations [xixb] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/climate/epa-science-adviser.html [xixc] https://blog.ucsusa.org/derrick-jackson/how-dangerous-is-new-epa-chief-andrew-wheeler-very-heres-why [xx] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/climate/trump-auto-emissions-rules.html [xxi] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2017/03/15/trump-to-pull-back-epas-fuel-efficiency-determination-opening-the-door-for-reduced-standards/ [xxia] Midterm Evaluation of Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standar