Trump Directs DOJ Attacks On State Climate Policies, Spurring Criticism

President Donald Trump is directing his Justice Department (DOJ) to broadly attack state and local climate change policies, stating that administration officials must “take all appropriate action” to stop enforcement of state laws and civil actions that DOJ leaders deem to be illegal. “These state laws and policies are fundamentally irreconcilable with my administration's objective to unleash American energy. They should not stand,” Trump declares in an April 8 executive order (EO). Observers, however, are noting that DOJ has no...