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Trump attempts to block state climate laws with executive order

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Trump attempts to block state climate laws with executive order

By 2025-04-10T18:00:00

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order slamming state-led efforts to address climate change, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and other environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related laws.

In an executive order issued Tuesday, Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to “take all appropriate action” to stop the enforcement of state laws related to climate change or “involving ‘environmental, social, and governance’ initiatives, ‘environmental justice,’ carbon or ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions, and funds to collect carbon penalties or carbon taxes.

Trump said that state laws related to climate change and ESG “weaken our national security and devastate Americans by driving up energy costs for families coast-to-coast.”