Climate Skeptics Urge Trump to Boost Coal, Gut Federal Science

Nov. 12, 2024, 11:00 AM UTC

Activists who dispute the severity of climate change enjoyed cachet in Donald Trump’s first administration and salivated over the prospect of his return to the White House. Now that he’s won, they’ve delivered a wish list to his transition team.

At the top of their agenda: Terminating federal science advisory boards, reviewing air-quality regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and repealing President Joe Biden’s “anti-coal regulatory actions,” as well as promoting coal as “a preferred means of electricity.”

Groups behind the memo include the Illinois-based Heartland Institute, an Illinois-based think tank that has argued global warming is beneficial; the Energy & Environment Legal Institute, ...

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