Trump Executive Order a Sweeping Attack on U.S. Climate Action

The World Resources Institute argues that President Trump's Executive Order undermines U.S. public health, economic competitiveness, and global leadership by rolling back methane regulations, coal leasing limits, and the Clean Power Plan.

• The Executive Order targets several core components of U.S. climate policy, including the Clean Power Plan, methane regulations, limits on coal leasing on public lands, the requirement to include climate change in environmental assessments, and the calculation of the social cost of carbon.
• The World Resources Institute asserts that rolling back these climate actions will increase the cost of reducing emissions and ignore the economic interests of U.S. companies, investors, and consumers who favor clean energy.
• The statement claims the Executive Order diminishes the United States' global leadership and moral authority as other countries continue to transition toward low-carbon economies.

APA

Steer, A. (2017). Trump Executive Order a Sweeping Attack on U.S. Climate Action. World Resources Institute. https://www.wri.org/news/statement-trump-executive-order-sweeping-attack-us-climate-action

Chicago

Steer, Andrew. Trump Executive Order a Sweeping Attack on U.S. Climate Action. World Resources Institute, 2017. https://www.wri.org/news/statement-trump-executive-order-sweeping-attack-us-climate-action.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{steer2017trump, author = {Steer, Andrew}, title = {{Trump Executive Order a Sweeping Attack on U.S. Climate Action}}, publisher = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2017}, month = mar, url = {https://www.wri.org/news/statement-trump-executive-order-sweeping-attack-us-climate-action}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }