Trump has launched an unprecedented assault on the environment. Where's the pushback?

"Trump is gutting everything they ever stood for. Billionaires are silent. Democrats in Congress have been silent. Climate activists. There has been no pushback on this. The Trump administration just marched in and destroyed the crown jewel of climate science in the United States, referring to the dismantling of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and nothing happened. There wasn't even a whimper."

"Last month, the Trump administration repealed the 2009 endangerment finding establishing that greenhouse gas pollution endangers public health. It was a determination that undergirded the federal government's authority to limit climate-heating pollution from automobiles and power plants. Elimination of the endangerment finding had long been a core goal of the climate denial movement."

The Trump administration has aggressively rolled back climate protections, including dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research and repealing the 2009 endangerment finding that established greenhouse gases endanger public health. This endangerment finding was the legal foundation enabling federal regulation of climate-heating emissions from automobiles and power plants. Climate deniers, including Marc Morano and The Heartland Institute, have noted an apparent lack of organized resistance from billionaires, Democratic lawmakers, climate activists, and media figures. Experts like Robert Brulle from Brown University acknowledge this muted response is unprecedented, with the administration successfully eliminating core climate protections without significant public pushback or opposition.

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