Ten Democratic senators from Western states sent President Donald Trump a letter Tuesday, urging him to drop his executive order rolling back policies enacted to curb greenhouse gas emissions. “Unfortunately, your Executive Order takes the nation in the wrong direction. In order to account for the unique needs of our Western states, we respectfully request you rescind the Energy Independence Executive Order.”The senators also highlighted how the executive order limits protections and planning for extreme weather linked to climate change that lead to deaths, billions of dollars in damages and, especially in Western states, loss of agricultural productivity. They aren’t the only Democratic senators sounding off on the executive order’s consequences. On Tuesday afternoon, Democratic members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hosted a news conference during which they blasted Trump’s executive order and vowed to continue fighting against climate change.

Source: Huffington Post March 28, 2017 21:49 UTC