For years we’ve been experiencing countless air quality warnings due to mass wildfires, record high temperatures across the globe, and sea levels rising at a dramatic rate. “Once in a lifetime” weather events make the news multiple times a month. In the face of these crises, we’ve seen inspiring bursts of struggle—from the school strikes led by Greta Thunberg to the Sunrise Movement’s sit-in at Nancy Pelosi’s office.
Now, Donald Trump’s presidency is aggressively reversing the already shaky environmental policies in place, ramping up deregulation and fossil fuel production in the name of profit. Only nine months into Trump’s second term he’s withdrawn the US from the Paris Agreement, he’s weakening clean air and water regulations, and he’s promoting domestic energy independence through increased oil, gas, and coal extraction. The Trump administration is accelerating the damage caused by climate change in…
