{"id":392367,"date":"2025-08-02T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=392367"},"modified":"2025-08-02T11:01:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:01:02","slug":"cnn-the-us-government-has-declared-war-on-the-very-idea-of-climate-change-trump-is-pulling-the-rug-out-from-under-nearly-all-environmental-regulation-related-to-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=392367","title":{"rendered":"CNN: \u2018The US government has declared war on the very idea of climate change\u2019 \u2013 Trump is \u2018pulling the rug out from under nearly all environmental regulation related to the climate\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"392371\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=392371\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQNldeETP7NLhvCQgMvoHZFyAl4ZCyAA51JrmKhU2o9Xs3RIswN7fjySqzlKPvRjI44-IkW5lYclgxbbkUgtpIi1OfqeLwY0EJQXMBPO8lwUjx_tBuoi8YxUF8bD9mGCB-a-VuGMDLgT8jrVkin6T4N4Xcv-HQ.jpeg?fit=1280%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AQNldeETP7NLhvCQgMvoHZFyAl4ZCyAA51JrmKhU2o9Xs3RIswN7fjySqzlKPvRjI44-IkW5lYclgxbbkUgtpIi1OfqeLwY0EJQXMBPO8lwUjx_tBuoi8YxUF8bD9mGCB-a-VuGMDLgT8jrVkin6T4N4Xcv-HQ\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQNldeETP7NLhvCQgMvoHZFyAl4ZCyAA51JrmKhU2o9Xs3RIswN7fjySqzlKPvRjI44-IkW5lYclgxbbkUgtpIi1OfqeLwY0EJQXMBPO8lwUjx_tBuoi8YxUF8bD9mGCB-a-VuGMDLgT8jrVkin6T4N4Xcv-HQ.jpeg?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQNldeETP7NLhvCQgMvoHZFyAl4ZCyAA51JrmKhU2o9Xs3RIswN7fjySqzlKPvRjI44-IkW5lYclgxbbkUgtpIi1OfqeLwY0EJQXMBPO8lwUjx_tBuoi8YxUF8bD9mGCB-a-VuGMDLgT8jrVkin6T4N4Xcv-HQ.jpeg?resize=723%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"An illustration depicting a crowd of concerned citizens holding signs related to climate change, with a backdrop of a crumbling building and a large sign reading 'Climate Scam'. 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQNldeETP7NLhvCQgMvoHZFyAl4ZCyAA51JrmKhU2o9Xs3RIswN7fjySqzlKPvRjI44-IkW5lYclgxbbkUgtpIi1OfqeLwY0EJQXMBPO8lwUjx_tBuoi8YxUF8bD9mGCB-a-VuGMDLgT8jrVkin6T4N4Xcv-HQ.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2025\/08\/01\/cnn-the-us-government-has-declared-war-on-the-very-idea-of-climate-change-trump-is-pulling-the-rug-out-from-under-nearly-all-environmental-regulation-related-to-the-climate\/\">Climate Depot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"416\" data-attachment-id=\"392368\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=392368\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-11.png?fit=1024%2C589&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,589\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-11.png?fit=723%2C416&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-11.png?resize=723%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CNN article headline about the US government's stance on climate change, featuring a sunset over a city skyline with a temperature display.\" class=\"wp-image-392368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-11.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-11.png?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-11.png?resize=768%2C442&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/01\/politics\/us-government-epa-climate-change\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/01\/politics\/us-government-epa-climate-change<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trump administration is \u201cmoving to destroy the methods by which his or any future administration can respond to climate change.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Zachary B. Wolf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans are used to whiplash in their climate policy. The US has been in and out and in and out again of the key Paris climate agreement over the past four presidencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in his second administration, President Donald Trump is not just approaching climate science with skepticism. Instead, his administration is moving to destroy the methods by which his or any future administration can respond to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These moves, which are sure to be challenge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His Environmental Protection Agency&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/29\/climate\/trump-epa-endangerment-finding\">announced plans this week<\/a>&nbsp;to declare that greenhouse gas emissions do not endanger humans, a move meant to pull the rug out from under nearly all environmental regulation related to the climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that\u2019s just one data point. There are many others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25ba Instead of continuing a push away from coal, the Trump administration&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/04\/us\/trump-coal-miners-inspections-safety-invs\">wants to do a U-turn<\/a>; Trump has signed executive orders intended to boost the coal industry and has ordered the EPA to end federal limits on coal- and gas-fired power-plant pollution that\u2019s been tied to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25ba Tax credits for electric vehicles persisted during Trump\u2019s first term before they were expanded during Joe Biden\u2019s presidency. Now, Republicans are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/01\/politics\/congress-senate-bill-tax-spending-trump-gop-explainer\">abruptly ending them<\/a>&nbsp;next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">d in court, extend far beyond Trump\u2019s well-documented antipathy toward solar and wind energy and his pledges to drill ever more oil even though the US is already the world\u2019s largest oil producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His Environmental Protection Agency&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/29\/climate\/trump-epa-endangerment-finding\">announced plans this week<\/a>&nbsp;to declare that greenhouse gas emissions do not endanger humans, a move meant to pull the rug out from under nearly all environmental regulation related to the climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that\u2019s just one data point. There are many others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25ba Instead of continuing a push away from coal, the Trump administration&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/04\/us\/trump-coal-miners-inspections-safety-invs\">wants to do a U-turn<\/a>; Trump has signed executive orders intended to boost the coal industry and has ordered the EPA to end federal limits on coal- and gas-fired power-plant pollution that\u2019s been tied to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25ba Tax credits for electric vehicles persisted during Trump\u2019s first term before they were expanded during Joe Biden\u2019s presidency. Now, Republicans are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/01\/politics\/congress-senate-bill-tax-spending-trump-gop-explainer\">abruptly ending them<\/a>&nbsp;next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25ba The administration is also ending Biden-era US government incentives to bring renewable energy projects online, a move&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/30\/climate\/electricity-costs-midterm-issue\">that actually appears<\/a>&nbsp;to be driving up the cost of electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25ba Republicans in Congress and Trump&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/11\/politics\/trump-reverse-california-ban-gas-powered-cars\">enacted legislation<\/a>&nbsp;to strip California of its authority to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles beginning in 2035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25ba Trump is also expected to overturn national tailpipe standards enacted under Biden\u2019s EPA and is also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/20\/politics\/california-emissions-standards-supreme-court\">to challenge<\/a>&nbsp;California\u2019s long-held power to regulate tailpipe emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25ba The authors of a congressionally mandated report on climate change were all fired; previous versions of the report, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/29\/climate\/trump-dismisses-climate-report-authors\">National Climate Assessment<\/a>, which showed likely effects from climate change across the country, have been hidden from view on government websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25ba Other countries, large and small, will gather in Brazil later this year for a consequential meeting on how the world should respond to climate change. Rather than play a leading role \u2014 or any role at all \u2014 the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/29\/climate\/us-fires-climate-negotiators-cop30-china\">US will not attend<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25ba Cuts to the federal workforce directly targeted offices and employees&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/27\/politics\/noaa-federal-workers-firings\">focused on climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it is the Trump administration\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/23\/climate\/epa-greenhouse-gas-endangerment\">move to undo the \u201cendangerment finding\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;that could have the most lasting effect. The 2009 declaration that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/05\/26\/climate\/trump-epa-power-plant-rule\">planet-warming pollution from fossil fuels<\/a>&nbsp;endangers human health is what allows the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-governments-new-climate-report-was-written-by-skeptics\">The government\u2019s new climate report was written by skeptics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration is justifying its move to gut the endangerment finding based on a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-07\/DOE_Critical_Review_of_Impacts_of_GHG_Emissions_on_the_US_Climate_July_2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report it commissioned from five climate skeptics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Mann, director of the Penn Center for Science, 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