Trump takes aim at city and state climate laws in executive order
by Dharna Noor from on (#6WGQZ)
President orders justice department to stop enforcement of critical policies holding fossil fuel companies accountable
Donald Trump is taking aim and city- and state-led fossil fuel accountability efforts, which have been hailed as a last source of hope for the climate amid the president's ferociously anti-environment agenda.
In a Tuesday executive order, Trump instructed the Department of Justice to stop the enforcement" of state climate laws, which his administration has suggested are unconstitutional or otherwise unenforceable.
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