Last week the Trump administration took action to repeal the Clean Power Plan, which had been the Obama administration’s signature program for reducing carbon pollution linked to climate change-related impacts such as more destructive hurricanes and longer wildfire seasons. For Virginians eager to build a diverse and resilient energy industry here at home, Trump’s action is a blind leap in the wrong direction.
Citation
Cale Jaffe, Trump Just Made Life Harder for Business—And All of Us, Richmond Times-Dispatch 3E (October 14, 2017).