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5 reasons Trump’s fossil fuels agenda is dangerous [1]
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Date: 2025-06
Trump is barely two months into his presidency, but his push of a reckless, profit-centric fossil fuel agenda already seriously threatens communities, public lands and the climate. On his first day, President Trump declared a “national energy emergency”—a pretext for expanding unnecessary drilling across public lands and waters even as oil and gas production on public lands hits record highs!
Fossil fuel development on public lands and waters is responsible for nearly one-quarter of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. But there’s been progress in tackling this: the Biden administration put policies in place that were set to cut emissions from Bureau of Land Management (BLM) leases for oil, gas and coal development by nearly 40%.
And now, we are going backwards. Within the flurry of executive orders signed in January were actions to block wind and solar energy development on public lands, rescind critical environmental protections, weaken safeguards for clean water and roll back regulations to hold polluters accountable.
Despite claims that this agenda will lower energy prices, it will actually deepen our dependence on fossil fuels at the expense of public lands, communities and the climate. Here are five reasons why Trump’s fossil fuel push is dangerous, misguided and bad for the country:
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