GreenLatinos Statement on Trump's Joint Address to Congress
Summary
GreenLatinos asserts that President Trump's agenda rolls back environmental protections and stalls the clean energy transition, resulting in significant job losses and increased costs for working-class families.
Key insights
- Since the inauguration of President Trump, over 42,000 clean energy jobs have been stalled or stopped, which equates to more than 1,000 jobs per day and a loss of $57 billion in investments across 64 projects.
- Proposed tariffs are expected to increase gas prices by at least 15 cents per gallon, and electricity prices are projected to reach their highest levels since the 1990s.
- The administration's policies are described as prioritizing corporate polluters over environmental justice and the well-being of frontline communities who suffer disproportionately from extreme weather and air pollution.
Cite the original document
- APA
- Magaña, M. (2025). GreenLatinos Statement on Trump's Joint Address to Congress. GreenLatinos. https://www.greenlatinos.org/greenlatinos-statement-on-trumps-joint-address-to-congress/
- Chicago
- Magaña, Mark. GreenLatinos Statement on Trump's Joint Address to Congress. GreenLatinos, 2025. https://www.greenlatinos.org/greenlatinos-statement-on-trumps-joint-address-to-congress/.
- Wikipedia
- {{cite press release |last1=Magaña |first1=Mark |title=GreenLatinos Statement on Trump's Joint Address to Congress |publisher=GreenLatinos |date=5 March 2025 |url=https://www.greenlatinos.org/greenlatinos-statement-on-trumps-joint-address-to-congress/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
- BibTeX
- @misc{magaa2025greenlatinos, author = {Magaña, Mark}, title = {{GreenLatinos Statement on Trump's Joint Address to Congress}}, publisher = {GreenLatinos}, year = {2025}, month = mar, url = {https://www.greenlatinos.org/greenlatinos-statement-on-trumps-joint-address-to-congress/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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