Pirate's Cove

Hilariously, these same climate wackos had zero problem with Biden (and Obama) ruling with his pen. Well, not really his, but, the people who ran his presidency. Biden signing EO after EO, and getting his agencies to pass this and that rule. Like forcing automakers to make EVs, forcing citizens into them

Trump Invokes Authoritarian Powers on Day One to Gut Environmental Protections

President Trump ordered federal agencies today to begin unlawfully gutting protections for the climate, clean air and water, and public lands. Following through on his threat to act like a dictator “on day one,” Trump also ordered a massive expansion of oil, gas and coal extraction from public lands and waters — actions that could lead to irreversible climate catastrophe if they go unchallenged.

“No one in American history has shown more disdain for the environment than Donald Trump. His reckless contempt for our nation’s natural heritage and people’s health will only get worse, but we’ll fight him at every step,” said Kierán Suckling, executive director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “No matter how extreme he becomes, we’ll confront Trump with optimism and a fierce defense of our beloved wildlife and the planet’s health. His anti-environment agenda is overwhelmingly unpopular and truly a threat to life on earth.”

Trump’s day-one executive orders include:

• A sweeping “national emergency” on energy prices designed to expand onshore and offshore oil drilling and fossil fuel extraction, increase drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and greenlight immediate fracked gas exports.
• Withdrawing from the Paris agreement on climate change.
• Rescinding California’s ability to restrict emissions from cars, light trucks and other polluting fossil-fuel motors, as well as rescinding EPA auto emissions and Department of Transportation fuel economy standards that address the largest sector of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

“The United States has some of the strongest environmental laws in the world, and no matter how petulantly Trump behaves, these laws don’t bend before the whims of a wannabe dictator,” said Suckling. “The use of emergency powers doesn’t allow a president to bypass our environmental safeguards just to enrich himself and his cronies. We’ll see Trump in court to challenge each of these horrific, senseless attacks on wildlife, public lands and our health.”

Cry more, cultists. Cry more. Just because your guy did stuff doesn’t mean the next guy is an authoritarian. Biden cancelled tons of Trump’s EO and rules, did that make him an authoritarian? Well, he (well, his people) was an authoritarian lite, but, not for necessarily cancelling EOs. But, you know, in Warmist World reducing the power of the government over American’s lives is authoritarian.