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From Common Dreams
Summary
- Donald Trump promised to roll back climate regulations in exchange for $1 billion from the oil and gas industry for his 2024 campaign.
- Trump’s administration has weakened environmental regulations while Biden’s administration has focused on cutting air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
- The fossil fuel industry has donated millions to Trump’s campaign, with plans for increased fossil fuel infrastructure and drilling in a potential second term.
- A Trump victory in 2024 could result in billions of more tons of CO2 emissions and hundreds of billions in global climate damages.
- Trump’s focus on benefiting the fossil fuel industry contrasts sharply with Biden’s efforts to addressing climate change.
Key passage:
According to new reporting, Trump pledged to swiftly gut climate regulations put in place by the Biden administration if the oil and gas industry raises $1 billion for his 2024 presidential campaign.
The “remarkably blunt and transactional pitch,” reported by The Washington Post, was Trump’s latest explicit statement of his intention to give the fossil fuel industry free rein to wreck the planet if he wins a second term in power. Executives from Exxon, Chevron, Occidental Petroleum, and other prominent fossil fuel companies reportedly attended the Mar-a-Lago dinner.
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