Trump administration withdraws climate change protection

By Christine McCollum
April 3, 2018

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Despite the warnings President Trump has received from scientists and environmental specialists to pay attention to the rising changes in global warming and the damaging effects that can have on the environment, the Trump administration’s new infrastructure plan neglects to fund any type of resilience on climate change threats.

The White House infrastructure plan refers to environmental reviews as “inefficiencies.” According to the Guardian, the plan proposes a “21-month limit for environmental reviews of projects that potentially threaten endangered species or fragile habitats.”

Senior biology major Nicholas Straub said, “This country will be in trouble if Trump doesn’t wake up and start aiding environmental protection to prevent drastic climate changes.”

For years, Trump has tweeted about how he feels global warming is a “hoax” and merely an excuse to make taxpayers pay more money and hurt the economy.

Trump has been doubtful of climate change for many years. Photos from Twitter: @realDonaldTrump.

Shaena Montanari, a paleontologist and a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, tweeted in response to Trump’s tweets, “Global warming is fake because it is cold where I am. No one in the world is starving because I have food in my kitchen. Poverty isn’t real because I just got paid.”

Montanari was claiming that Trump uses circular reasoning, in regards to his thoughts on global

Protesters rallying for leaders to help prevent climate change. Photo from Getty Images.

warming.

In 2017, 115 United States mayors were surveyed by the Conversation and Boston University, as a part of the Initiative on Cities campaign. The mayors were asked about climate change and, according to the Conversation, the “mayors overwhelmingly believe that climate change is a result of human activities. Only 16 percent of those polled attributed rising global temperatures to natural changes in the environment that are not due to human activities.”

Although the Trump administration does not support efforts to prevent climate change from occurring, many cities and groups are fighting back to help save the world from global warming.

People are fearing the ramifications of global warming, such as extreme heat waves, melting glaciers, severe droughts, rising sea levels and the risk of wildfires.

Effects of global warming. Information by nrdc.org. Infographic by Chrissy McCollum.

“Our generation will most likely be okay,” said Bianca Santos, a junior biology major. “It will be our children and grandchildren who are affected by these changes in the environment. Global warming is coming with more force that we are prepared for.”

The research done by Boston University conveyed that two-thirds of the mayors interviewed said cities should be making financial sacrifices to do their part in reducing the effects of climate change.

Some of the proposed changes include reducing the number of vehicles on the road, using alternative energy sources and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

“This is not just a national issue,” Ayannah Mcillwain, a junior international business major, said. “If everyone contributed slightly to making the world a more eco-friendly place, we wouldn’t be facing such large issues with global warming.”

Mayors’ top priorities for investments in the environment and sustainability. Infographic by Boston University Menino Survey of Mayors report.

 

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Christine McCollum

News Editor for the Loquitur. Cabrini University Class of 2019.

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