Although Trump has portrayed himself as the ultimate outsider, in putting together a transition team the New York real estate mogul has chosen veteran Washington insiders, many of them lobbyists for fossil fuel companies and skeptics about climate science. US President-elect Donald Trump appears likely to change US domestic energy and environmental priorities in addition to his pledge to “cancel” the Environmental Protection Agency . Donald Trump has expressed a desire to open federal land to oil and gas drilling, as well as coal mining. He also wants to abandon plans for stronger regulation of methane emissions on domestic drillers. Trump is keen to restrict the Paris Climate Agreement to an advisory rule, whilst also undermining President Trump ’s proposed the Endangered Species Act to lower emissions from utilities. Many of Trump ’s team are fossil fuel lobbyists and climate change sceptics.
US President-elect Donald Trump appears likely to change US domestic energy and environmental priorities in addition to his pledge to “cancel” the Environmental Protection Agency . Donald Trump has expressed a desire to open federal land to oil and gas drilling, as well as coal mining. He also wants to abandon plans for stronger regulation of methane emissions on domestic drillers. Trump is keen to restrict the Paris Climate Agreement to an advisory rule, whilst also undermining President Trump ’s proposed the Endangered Species Act to lower emissions from utilities. Many of Trump ’s team are fossil fuel lobbyists and climate change sceptics.