US President-elect Donald Trump appears likely to change US domestic energy and environmental priorities in addition to his pledge to “cancel” the Paris Climate Agreement. 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. The new report by Greenpeace shows that Trump’s transition team is already working with fossil fuel industry lobbyists to push back against climate action plans. 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 Paris Climate Agreement. 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 Environmental Protection Agency to an advisory rule, whilst also undermining President Obama’s proposed Clean Power Plan to lower emissions from utilities. Many of Trump’s team are fossil fuel lobbyists and climate change sceptics.