Tag: Donald Trump
He’ll try, but Trump can’t stop the clean energy revolution
By Matt Simon
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During his first time around as president, Donald Trump rolled back a bevy of environmental rules, withdrew from the Paris Agreement, and boosted the fossil fuel industry.
Can environmental law move beyond bedrock 1970’s legislation, while adapting to current and future challenges?
A 2022 report titled Promises Half Kept at the Half Century Mark, by the Environmental Integrity Project, released on the Clean Water Act’s 50th anniversary said the law is “falling short of its original goals.”
Michigan, for example, has the 4th largest number of impaired lakes, reservoirs and streams assessed for water contact recreation in the U.S.
Dyer: Trump will be bad, but likely survivable
The Roman empire survived for four centuries despite having many rulers worse than Donald Trump
Farmers keeping an eye on Trump
Farmers are feeling uncertain and concerned about the incoming Trump administration in the United States, farm groups say. President-elect Donald Trump has proposed a 10 per cent universal tariff on all imports into the U.S., or even 20 per cent. He wants to reopen the free trade agreement between Canada, Mexico and the U.S. too. […]
What Trump can do to reverse US climate policy − and what he probably can’t change
By Gautam Jain, Columbia University
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As the U.S. prepares for another Trump administration, one area unambiguously in the incoming president’s crosshairs is climate policy.
Although he has not released an official climate agenda, Donald Trump’s playbook from his last stint in the Oval Office and his frequent complaints about clean energy offer some clues to what’s ahead.
What a Donald Trump presidency means for Michiganâs environment
The incoming president is expected to resume the environmental rollbacks that were a signature of his first term in office, while prioritizing oil and gas and dismantling Biden-era electric vehicle and climate policies….
Blue wall crumbled, Michigan is a swing state again. Maps show how it evolved
Once a Democratic bulwark, Michigan went big once again for Republican Donald Trump. Check out maps from 2000 to now to see how the state has swung back and forth in presidential elections….
Trump’s protectionist talk drawing local exporter attention
With a protectionist-sounding president returning to the White House, the cost of doing business for Canadian exporters to the U.S. could be going up. President-elect Donald Trump has promised a universal 10 per cent tariff on all American imports. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce estimates that would shrink the Canadian economy by around $30 billion […]