The United States will be one of only four countries outside the Paris Agreement, which is designed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
From national security to home insurance, the president has quickly changed America’s climate adaptation policies in important ways.
After four years of U.S. progress on efforts to deal with climate change under Joe Biden, Donald Trump's return to the White House is swiftly swinging the pendulum in the opposite direction.
The decisions that companies make about how much to grow oil production are first and foremost going to be determined by market signals.”
Trump’s day-one actions on energy come as climate change-fueled fires ravage Southern California, following the globe’s hottest year on record.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump is expected to turn away from former President Joe Biden's environmental policies with a suite of new priorities.
There are 50 to 100 expected executive orders. Many will focus on boosting fossil fuels and reversing climate policy.
Within hours of taking office, President Trump declared a national energy emergency as part of his plan to push for more oil and gas drilling and to heavily boost fossil fuels. He also started a process to reverse much of what the Biden administration did on greener energy.
President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities
The announcement came at a time of major disruption as the world’s largest historical polluter, the US announced that it will withdraw from Paris climate pact