A Fatal Setback? Trump's Climate Slash Could Prove to Be Playing with Fire!

We must urgently demand a policy that combines ecological responsibility with economic innovation!
Environmental protection and economic profit must not be enemies, but should form the basis of our shared future!
Andreas Wimbauer
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A. Wimbauer
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The global outcry from the green camp is deafening. With a stroke of a pen, the Trump administration has shattered the foundation of U.S. climate policy. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rescinded the so-called Endangerment Finding from 2009, which officially classified CO₂ and methane as a threat to health. This means the government loses its legal basis to regulate greenhouse gases. Strict emissions standards for cars as well as CO₂ limits for power plants and industrial facilities are effectively a thing of the past. In the...

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