https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/04\/09\/trump-declares-war-on-state-climate-laws-politico-00280178<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“President Donald Trump is throwing the weight of the Justice Department against the last bastion of U.S. climate action: states and cities.
\nIn a sweeping executive order signed late Tuesday, Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to \u201cstop the enforcement of State laws\u201d on climate change that the administration says are unconstitutional, unenforceable or preempted by federal laws.”<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
“The move came as Trump presided over a White House event Tuesday aimed at reviving the coal industry, which has withered against competition from less expensive natural gas and renewables.<\/p>\n
He pledged to a row of coal miners standing behind him that he\u2019d direct the Department of Justice to \u201cidentify and fight every single unconstitutional state or legal regulation that\u2019s putting our coal miners out of business.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some legal experts said the White House\u2019s executive order would be \u201ctoothless,\u201d though climate advocates worry about gambling with a judiciary dominated by conservative appointees. And in a statement, Democratic governors said Trump would not intimidate them from climate action.”<\/p>\n
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