Not So Fast, Mr. Trump

The Clean Air Task Force asserts that President Trump's Executive Order to rescind the Climate Action Plan and related rules cannot be implemented by 'administrative fiat' due to the requirement for notice and comment rulemaking. The author argues that the Clean Power Plan is a cost-effective method for reducing emissions from power plants and that curbing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry is essential for public health and the climate, noting that methane is '70 times as potent a warmer as CO2' over its first 20 years.

• The Executive Order to roll back climate rules is limited by the rule of law and due process, as final agency rules cannot be overturned by 'administrative fiat' and require a 'full notice and comment rulemaking' process.
• The Clean Power Plan is described as the 'least expensive alternative available' for reducing emissions from existing power plants, which are the largest industrial emitters of climate pollution, and its targets for 2020, 2030, and 2050 align with the 'deep decarbonization necessary to stabilize the climate'.
• Rolling back rules that curb methane emissions from the oil and gas industry is characterized as 'reckless and damaging' because methane is '70 times as potent a warmer as CO2 in the first 20 years after emissions'.

APA

Weeks, A. (2017). Not So Fast, Mr. Trump. Clean Air Task Force. https://www.catf.us/2017/03/not-so-fast-mr-trump/

Chicago

Weeks, Ann. Not So Fast, Mr. Trump. Clean Air Task Force, 2017. https://www.catf.us/2017/03/not-so-fast-mr-trump/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{weeks2017not, author = {Weeks, Ann}, title = {{Not So Fast, Mr. Trump}}, publisher = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2017}, month = mar, url = {https://www.catf.us/2017/03/not-so-fast-mr-trump/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }