The United States is merely about 11 weeks into Donald Trump’s
presidency and at this point, I believe it’s safe to say that the U.S.
government is a mess. Trump has been making terrible decisions, signing over
outrageous executive orders and racking up enemies left and right. His biggest
mistake so far, though – signing an executive order on energy and climate.
This executive order takes a step toward undoing much of
what President Obama had in place for the United State’s climate change. It is
no doubt biased and based on Trump’s own opinions, without any science to
support it. The order calls for an initial review of the Clean Power plan,
removes the ban on coal leases on federal land (which was a huge win for Trump
supporters), repealed a number of small Obama orders on how the government is
supposed to deal with climate change, and a few other minor, but not so minor,
things.
Throughout Trump’s campaign, he expressed his opinion and made
it very clear that climate change is not on his mind – he once even called it a
“hoax.” The Trump administration has constantly showed that climate change is
not a priority to America. However, I believe that our government should be in
the fight against climate change and make it a priority. Trump must come to his
senses and realize that there are scientific facts to back all allegations of
climate change.
Trump is stripping down climate regulations that Obama put
in place and is putting American jobs above this imminent situation. Although
America does need jobs, there will be no jobs for anyone unless America joins
the fight against climate change. The environment is what allows us to be and by signing this executive order, Trump is loosening regulations that should
be getting stricter.
We, as Americans, play a huge role in this, and we must
continue to voice our opinion to the Trump administration. Trump cannot neglect
the fact that the global temperature is rising, sea levels are rising and the
oceans are warming. These things do not just happen for no good reason – there is
a cause behind this and Trump needs to get behind it, also.
