Trump’s “Thrilling New Era” Is A Gas
President Trump blew a lot of smoke at his inauguration. He promised more oil production, less regulation, fewer clean cars, less clean energy. He withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord, and opened Alaska to more development. Like dry branches dropped in a dark forest, Trump’s inaugural pledges and the executive orders that came shortly thereafter were dry kindling stoking the bonfire of fossil fuels. The president’s allegiance to producing more carbon pollution set …
