"Immediately after Donald Trump was sworn in to his second term in the nation's highest office, he launched an aggressive rollback of critical environmental-justice protections. In just one year, his administration has eliminated the 2009 endangerment finding, the scientific and legal basis for regulating greenhouse-gas emissions; weakened pollution limits; and offered industrial polluters exemptions to the rules that were designed to protect the environment and public health."
"Polluting fossil-fuel companies are receiving a fast pass for project approvals while reaping tens of billions of dollars in tax breaks and other government incentives. In a gross misuse of presidential power, Trump is making sure his donors see major returns from his policies. Take Energy Transfer and its executive chairman, Kelcy Warren, for example: They've contributed $25 million to Trump since he took office and are benefiting from his reinstituting exports of liquefied natural gas."
The Trump administration has systematically dismantled environmental protections during its second term, eliminating the 2009 endangerment finding that forms the legal basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions and weakening pollution limits. Industrial polluters have received exemptions from protective rules, while fossil fuel companies benefit from expedited project approvals, substantial tax breaks, and government incentives totaling tens of billions of dollars. Major contributors to Trump's reelection campaign, including Energy Transfer and Occidental Petroleum, are receiving direct policy benefits such as liquefied natural gas export reinstatement and tax subsidies. These actions prioritize corporate profits over the interests of working families, children, and communities already suffering from pollution and climate impacts.
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