Trump vs Climate: The Showdown
What does the end of the 鈥渆ndangerment finding鈥 mean?
President Trump isn鈥檛 a big believer in climate change - he鈥檚 called it a 鈥榟oax鈥 and 鈥榗on job鈥 in the past. But last week saw one of his boldest moves against US climate policy since becoming president - the termination of the endangerment finding. It鈥檚 a ruling that was made in 2009, when Barack Obama was in the White House, and it鈥檚 served as the legal basis for lots of other regulations aiming to cut pollution since then. So, it looks like Trump is locked in a showdown with climate policy鈥 but what could this hold for the future?
In this episode, we explain exactly what the ruling is, why Trump has decided to revoke it, and what this could mean for you.
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