{"id":40311,"date":"2025-05-01T10:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T10:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/a-ruthless-agenda-charting-100-days-of-trumps-onslaught-on-the-environment\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T10:21:45","slug":"a-ruthless-agenda-charting-100-days-of-trumps-onslaught-on-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/a-ruthless-agenda-charting-100-days-of-trumps-onslaught-on-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A ruthless agenda\u2019: charting 100 days of Trump\u2019s onslaught on the environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian reporters map out how Trump is eviscerating efforts to protect the natural world \u2013 from \u2018drill, baby, drill\u2019 to mass firings<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2025\/apr\/29\/trump-100-days-president\">100 days of Trump: inside Trump\u2019s whirlwind start to his second term<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Donald Trump has never been mistaken for an environmentalist, having long called the climate crisis a \u201cgiant hoax\u201d and repeatedly lauding the supposed virtues of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>But the US president\u2019s onslaught upon the natural world in this administration\u2019s first 100 days has surprised even those who closely charted his first term, in which he rolled back environmental rules and tore the US from the Paris climate agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Taken more than 140 actions to roll back environmental rules and push for greater use of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Set about rewriting regulations that limit pollution from cars, trucks and power plants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2025\/mar\/12\/epa-trump-climate-rules\">Officially reconsidering whether greenhouse gases actually cause harm to public health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/09\/trump-climate-state-laws-executive-order\">Legally targeted states that have their own laws on tackling the climate crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/24\/interior-agency-fossil-fuel-mining-permits\">Speeded up environmental reviews of drilling projects, from years to just a few weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Winding back water efficiency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/09\/trump-water-pressure-executive-order\">standards for showers<\/a> and toilets and halting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/feb\/08\/trump-plastic-straws\">phase-out of plastic straws<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/may\/01\/trump-100-days-climate-environment\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian reporters map out how Trump is eviscerating efforts to protect the natural world \u2013 from \u2018drill, baby, drill\u2019 to mass firings 100 days of Trump: inside Trump\u2019s whirlwind start to his second term Donald Trump has never been mistaken for an environmentalist, having long called the climate crisis a \u201cgiant hoax\u201d and repeatedly lauding &#8230; 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