Donald Trump, who once called climate change a hoax, has vowed to reorient the federal government so that US oil and coal producers thrive, while manufacturers aren’t burdened by “job-killing” restrictions. Trump, who once called climate change a hoax, has vowed to reorient the federal government so that US oil and coal producers thrive, while manufacturers aren’t burdened by “job-killing” restrictions. The Interior Department also will swiftly rescind a moratorium on the sale of new rights to extract coal on federal land. Even without formally pulling out of the Paris pact, the US is abandoning its pledge to pay $3 billion into a United Nations fund to help countries on the front lines of climate change. And the government guidance encouraging agencies to factor climate change considerations into environmental reviews “threatened to obstruct our ability to build badly needed infrastructure of all kinds.” Bloomberg

Source: Mint March 28, 2017 03:56 UTC