President Trump is pushing his executive authority to its limits.
He is doing what he believes is necessary to return our beloved country to a state of equilibrium after years of being left to run on autopilot.
This from townhall.com.
Obama’s war on coal crippled rural America. Not much can be done about the devastation now, but President Trump has all but ended that war. And now he is targeting its last vestiges codified at the state level.
Politico stated:
Trump “declared war” on these laws
with his latest executive order.
Surprisingly, the news fabrication outlet had an accurate headline for this story:
President Donald Trump is throwing the weight of the Justice Department against the last bastion of U.S. climate action: states and cities.
In a sweeping executive order signed late Tuesday, Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to ‘stop the enforcement of State laws’ on climate change that the administration says are unconstitutional, unenforceable or preempted by federal laws.
The order names California, New York and Vermont as specific targets, while also listing a broad range of state policies that the administration would seek to nullify—from cap-and-trade systems to permitting rules.
The executive order also targets the array of lawsuits that mostly Democratic-led states, cities and counties have brought against oil majors, seeking compensation for the ravages of climate change, such as rising tides and more frequent wildfires.
‘These State laws and policies are fundamentally irreconcilable with my Administration’s objective to unleash American energy,’ Trump said in the order. ‘They should not stand.’
The move came as Trump presided over a White House event Tuesday aimed at reviving the coal industry, which has withered against competition from less expensive natural gas and renewables.
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Some legal experts said the White House’s executive order would be ‘toothless,’ though climate advocates worry about gambling with a judiciary dominated by conservative appointees. And in a statement, Democratic governors said Trump would not intimidate them from climate action.
