Column: Trump loves fossil fuels; California wants clean energy. Cue collision
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Former aides say Donald Trump, if he is returned to the White House, would try to revoke California’s tough vehicle emissions standards and open more federal waters, possibly including the Pacific Coast, to oil drilling. Trump's priority is increasing oil and gas production. California, on the other hand, has made clean energy a major goal. Trump frequently portrays California as a disaster zone, often in exaggerated or invented tales. A large majority of Californians support their state’s ambitious climate goals. Trump plans to scrap President Biden’s programs encouraging renewable energy and offer tax breaks to oil, gas, and coal producers. He also wants to repeal federal subsidies for solar, wind, and other renewable energy projects. Trump is likely to revive two of his first-term goals: revoking California’s tough vehicle emissions standards and opening more federal waters to oil drilling. Trump's administration could limit California’s emissions standards to smog-producing pollutants like ozone, not greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. Offshore oil drilling could also produce a standoff, as Trump proposed opening federal waters along the entire Pacific Coast to drilling for oil and gas. However, deep-water drilling in the North Pacific is expensive and risky, and local politics in California could make it prohibitively expensive to move oil from offshore wells to onshore refineries or terminals. Trump is also against wind energy, while offshore wind farms are a big part of California’s clean energy plans. Environmentalists are worried that a second Trump administration would worsen the climate crisis. Many environmental groups have endorsed Biden's reelection despite criticizing many of his decisions.
#DonaldTrump #California #FossilFuels #CleanEnergy #VehicleEmissionsStandards #OilDrilling #RenewableEnergy #ClimateGoals #EnvironmentalAgenda
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-03-31/column-trump-wants-to-turn-from-clean-energy-to-fossil-fuels-that-will-mean-a-collision-with-california
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