2025-01-26 13:36:24

From showers to tiny fish to windmills, Trump’s climate policies are driven by fixations

‘It was striking that the White House memo included toilets and shower heads as a presidential priority,’ said one expertFrom crusading against showers he feels don’t sufficiently wash his hair to reversing protections for a small fish he calls “worthless”, Donald Trump’s personal fixations have helped shape his first environmental priorities as US president.While withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accords and declaring an “energy emergency” were among Trump’s most noteworthy executive orders on his first day in office, both were further down a list of priorities put out by the White House than measures to improve “consumer choice in vehicles, shower heads, toilets, washing machines, lightbulbs and dishwashers”. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/26/trump-climate-windmills-fish

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