Trump 2nd Term: Even More Gutting Of Environmental Rules, Even More Coal, Oil, Leasing, Drilling

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A second term for President Trump would mean a more aggressive dismantling of environmental policy and an expansion of the fossil fuel industry, according to energy advisers who work closely with the White House.

These outside advisers have suggested a slate of energy priorities for Trump to pursue if he's reelected. They want to cut renewable energy standards, waive marine shipping requirements on liquefied natural gas, increase energy leasing of public lands and launch a robust assault on environmental regulations that would have a lasting effect beyond Trump's presidency. They also want a "Pittsburgh air accord" that would replace the international Paris climate accord, from which Trump is expected to formally withdraw the United States in November.

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Isaac has pitched in meetings with White House officials a "Pittsburgh air accord" that would take the place of the Paris Agreement. The name is a riff on Trump's comments in 2017 after he announced a withdrawal from the international climate agreement; Trump said he was elected to represent Pittsburgh, not Paris. It would focus on reducing air pollutants, a move that would benefit natural gas at the expense of coal. "If we can get people around the world to adopt our air quality standards, I think it would be beneficial to the United States and the rest of the world, and that's how you improve the environment," he said.

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The administration should more often examine the cost of regulations and work to reframe the cost-benefit analysis, said Tom Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance and a Trump campaign adviser in 2016. In addition, he said, the administration needs to wind down clean energy subsidies. He added that he has pitched a rolling lease process for energy resources so that projects can be evaluated on an ongoing basis, not every few years. Expanding energy resources also means increasing exploration, Pyle said. That starts with a major increase in seismic testing to determine offshore energy resources. "We need to do seismic everywhere; we need to have a real sense of what we have, the resource base we have," he said.

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https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1063355055/most_read

[duforsure]

1. His second term would be devastating

But the people would shut the country down in a minute against him at some point showing him who has the power, but him getting a second term it would be from illegal means and if he thought this protest was bad, this would be 100 times worse for him.