{"id":335884,"date":"2024-07-08T16:08:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T14:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=335884"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:08:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T14:08:15","slug":"its-nonsensical-greens-wail-at-trumps-hostility-to-climate-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=335884","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s Nonsensical\u201d: Greens Wail at Trump\u2019s Hostility to Climate Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026 he highlighted the expanding assault he and Republicans are launching against even the most obscure environmental policies \u2013 a push that\u2019s starting to influence voters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018It\u2019s nonsensical\u2019: how Trump is making climate the latest culture war<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ex-president is ranting about low water pressure and attacking mundane rules and technologies \u2013 and Republicans in Congress are now following his lead<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oliver Milman<\/a> Wed 3 Jul 2024 20.00 AEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Donald Trump<\/a> embarked upon a lengthy complaint at a recent rally about how long it takes to wash his \u201cbeautiful luxuriant hair\u201d due to his shower\u2019s low water pressure, he highlighted the expanding assault he and Republicans are launching against even the most obscure environmental policies \u2013 a push that\u2019s starting to influence voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his bid to return to the White House, Trump has branded Joe Biden\u2019s attempt to advance electric cars in the US \u201clunacy\u201d, claiming such vehicles do not work in the cold and that their supporters should \u201crot in hell\u201d. He\u2019s called offshore wind turbines \u201chorrible\u201d, falsely linking<\/a> them to the death of whales, while promising to scrap incentives<\/a> for both wind and electric cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the former US president and convicted felon, who has openly solicited donations<\/a> from oil and gas executives in order to follow industry-friendly priorities if re-elected, has also spearheaded a much broader attack on a range of mundane rules and technologies that enable water and energy efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a June rally in Philadelphia, Trump claimed<\/a> Americans are suffering from \u201cno water in your faucets\u201d when attempting to wash their hands or hair. \u201cYou turn on the water and it goes drip, drip,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can\u2019t get [the soap] off your hand. So you keep it running for about 10 times longer.\u201d Trump complained it takes 45 minutes to wash his \u201cbeautiful luxuriant hair\u201d and that dishwashers don\u2019t work because \u201cthey don\u2019t want you to have any water\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Republicans in Congress are now following Trump\u2019s lead, introducing a flurry of recent bills<\/a> in the House of Representatives targeting energy efficiency standards for home appliances. The bills \u2013 with names such as the \u201cLiberty in Laundry Act\u201d, \u201cRefrigerator Freedom Act\u201d and the \u2018Clothes Dryers Reliability Act\u2019 \u2013 follow a conservative furore<\/a> over a confected, baseless<\/a> claim the Biden administration was banning gas stoves, which prompted further GOP legislation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new poll, released<\/a> by the Pew Research Center on Thursday, underscored this trend \u2013 support for new solar farms has slumped to 78% across all Americans, down from 90% just four years ago. Backing for expanding wind power has dropped by a similar amount, while interest in buying an electric vehicle is significantly lower than a year ago, with just 29% of people saying they would consider an EV, down from 38% in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/jul\/03\/trump-climate-culture-war<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

No wonder greens are panicking. I wonder how many Americans are realising they\u2019ve just woken from a nightmare, that the USA their forefather\u2019s built, a land of opportunity which rewards hard work and effort, which they thought was gone forever, is still there, just waiting for them to make the right decision on November 5th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201c\u2026 he highlighted the expanding assault he and Republicans are launching against even the most obscure environmental policies \u2013 a push that\u2019s starting to influence voters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":335886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691822497,691818218,691829168],"class_list":["post-335884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-culture-war","tag-greens","tag-president-donald-trump","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1pnu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":459917,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=459917","url_meta":{"origin":335884,"position":0},"title":"Climate Activists Turn on Democrats, Demand they Talk More about Climate Change","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/03\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201c\u2026 US activists are pushing back against this trend of \u201cclimate hushing\u201d \u2026\u201d The problem with McKibben\u2019s claims that climate change is a vote winner is these claims are not supported by the evidence.","rel":"","context":"In \"AI (artificial intelligence)\"","block_context":{"text":"AI (artificial intelligence)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=ai-artificial-intelligence-2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0-ChatGPT-Climate-Activists-Turn-on-Democrats-Demand-they-Talk-More-about-Climate-Change.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0-ChatGPT-Climate-Activists-Turn-on-Democrats-Demand-they-Talk-More-about-Climate-Change.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0-ChatGPT-Climate-Activists-Turn-on-Democrats-Demand-they-Talk-More-about-Climate-Change.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0-ChatGPT-Climate-Activists-Turn-on-Democrats-Demand-they-Talk-More-about-Climate-Change.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0-ChatGPT-Climate-Activists-Turn-on-Democrats-Demand-they-Talk-More-about-Climate-Change.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":427397,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=427397","url_meta":{"origin":335884,"position":1},"title":"Yes, Republicans Support Solar and the Environment. 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