On the first day of Donald Trump's second term, he withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement again and started removing climate change materials from government websites. He signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which eliminated many renewable energy tax credits, leading to an estimated 7 billion tonnes increase in U.S. emissions over five years. This act is part of a broader assault on climate policies, as the Trump administration looks to dismantle agencies like the EPA and NOAA, aiming to halt all regulations on greenhouse gases.
According to the UK-based climate organization Carbon Brief, Trump's bill will add 7 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases to US emissions over the next five years-equivalent to 4 percent of global emissions. If the bill were a country, it would be the world's sixth biggest climate polluter.
This is not just a little haircut for a large federal agency. It's grabbing the scissors and stabbing the agency through the heart.
We are driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion, declared Lee Zeldin, the Trump-appointed head of the EPA.
The Trump administration is demolishing every climate policy and institution in the nation, from the Environmental Protection Agency's curbs on power plant emissions to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's vast climate research wing.
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