Trump pledged support for fossil fuels. Now his war in Iran is fast-tracking renewables
- On 11 February, the United States president signed an executive order directing the military and the Pentagon — already emitting carbon dioxide at volumes comparable to the Philippines — to source their energy from coal.
- For that, the CEO of the country's largest coal company awarded him a bronze trophy, declaring him the "undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal".
- A day later, Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin repealed the foundational 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding, stripping the EPA of its authority to regul
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- On 11 February, the United States president signed an executive order directing the military and the Pentagon — already emitting carbon dioxide at volumes comparable to the Philippines — to source their energy from coal.
- For that, the CEO of the country's largest coal company awarded him a bronze trophy, declaring him the "undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal".
- A day later, Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin repealed the foundational 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding, stripping the EPA of its authority to regul
Sources: Sbs