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Trump Climate: Challenges Loom After Obama Policies Scrapped by chinagorom156: 11:36am On Mar 29, 2017 |
California and New York issued a joint statement
saying they would continue the fight against
climate change.
Environmental groups have hired a host of
lawyers to challenge Mr Trump's move that
boosts fossil fuel production.
Mr Trump said he wanted to end "job-killing
regulations".
How much has Trump achieved so far?
Jobs for the lawyers - BBC's Matt McGrath
World v Trump on global climate deal?
His supporters believe that ending the climate
change rules brought in by Barack Obama will
create thousands of jobs in the gas, coal and oil
industries.
The governors of New York and California
summed up opponents' views by saying Mr
Trump's stance was "profoundly misguided and
shockingly ignores basic science".
In a joint statement, Governors Jerry Brown of
California and Andrew Cuomo of New York, both
Democrats, said: "With or without Washington,
we will work with our partners throughout the
world to aggressively fight climate change and
protect our future."
The two states have set even stricter targets on
reducing greenhouse gas emissions than required
by Mr Obama's rules and have far-reaching plans
for converting to renewable energy sources for
producing electricity.
Governor Brown said: "Erasing climate change
may take place in Donald Trump's mind, but
nowhere else."
A host of legal issues could be in the pipeline.
California has a special waiver allowing it to
enforce tougher measures on vehicle emissions.
Mr Trump could rescind that - but this would
lead to a fierce challenge.
He could also ask Congress to revoke the Clean
Air Act.
Back in 2007, the US Supreme Court ruled that
carbon dioxide gas was a pollutant under the
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