"Donald Trump promises a new assault on climate policy and environmental regulations when he returns to the White House. Faith leaders say their beliefs compel a response."

"Donald Trump was elected to his second term as president with the help of eight out of 10 white evangelical Christian voters, some of whom see the Florida businessman as the fulfillment of a divine mandate.

But there are millions in the country who consider themselves people of faith who now find themselves worried more than ever about where Trump will lead the United States, particularly how the Republican’s “drill, baby drill” agenda will hinder global efforts to stall climate change.

In his first four years as president, legal scholars counted some 200 environmental regulations that Trump rolled back. He pulled the United States out of the 2015 Paris Agreement about climate change. President Joe Biden has reversed most of those actions and persuaded Congress to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, the nation’s largest single investment in reducing climate-warming pollution."

James Bruggers reports for Inside Climate News December 1, 2024. [2]