Here's a great recap of early actions from the new administration that will affect the climate. Follow Lucy Hargreaves for regular updates and explainers on breaking news in the climate policy world!
The Executive Order "Unleashing American Energy" is one of the most consequential climate-related orders from the Trump administration, dismantling many of Biden's signature climate policies. Section 4 revokes and revises a number of Biden's Executive Orders and abolishes any related offices, including the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; the Climate Change Support Office; the White House Office on Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation; the National Climate Task Force; and all Climate-Related Financial Risk disclosure policies and directives. Section 6 disbands the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases and includes a directive to the EPA Administrator to consider eliminating the social cost of carbon from federal permitting and procurement processes Section 7 terminates the Green New Deal and immediately pauses all fund disbursements under the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, with a mandatory 90 day review period for all funds + programs under these Acts. #climatepolicy #trumpexecutiveorders
