By Paul Homewood
h/t Philip Bratby
Obama’s decision to declare CO2 a pollutant has now finally been overturned:
From LawyerLisa:
“President Donald Trump has issued a new executive order declaring that carbon dioxide (CO₂) is not a pollutant but an essential element of Earth’s natural ecosystem. The order highlights CO₂’s critical role in photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy and produce the oxygen we breathe. Trump emphasized that labeling carbon dioxide as harmful ignores its foundational importance to life on Earth and to global agricultural productivity. This executive order represents a major shift from prior climate policies that treated CO₂ as a dangerous greenhouse gas. By affirming its natural and beneficial role, the administration aims to remove unnecessary regulatory burdens from American industries, particularly in energy, manufacturing, and farming. Trump stated that overregulation based on politicized science has held back economic growth and undermined the nation’s pursuit of energy independence.
Read the full story here.
The original decision lies behind so many of the EPA’s anti fossil fuel actions. Trump’s EO is welcome as a measure of commonsense.
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