Trump is aimed at climate laws in California in the new executive order

From Alejandro LazoCalmness

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President Donald Trump has issued an order seeking laws and policies of local climate change, including California’s remarkable market program to reduce greenhouse gases.

Trump Enforcement order Directs US Prosecutor General Pam Bondi to identify state and local acts that may be unconstitutional or predisposed by federal law. Within 60 days, the Prosecutor General must report to the President with findings and recommendations for action.

Trump Orders California Names Cap and Commercial Trade ProgramA market system created in 2012, which is considered one of the state’s main policies to combat climate change. The program sets restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions and allows companies to buy and sell loans. Twelve other countries Have similar commercial programs for cutting greenhouse gases.

“California, for example, punishes the use of carbon by accepting impossible restrictions on the amount of carbon businesses they can use, but all, but forcing the business to pay large sums to” trade “carbon loans to meet the radical requirements of California,” the Trump order said.

The order comes when the Trump administration is moving to increase the production of oil and gas in the country, while eliminating efforts to develop wind and solar energy.

Trump’s order states that countries have installed “illegitimate obstacles” to the production of domestic energy for oil, natural gas, nuclear energy and other energy sources. In particular, the order scheduled the term “climate change” in quotes.

Some legal experts have called the order to exaggerate, challenging the president’s claims that countries exceed their authority or that their air -conditioning programs are unconstitutional.

“The influence that the Prosecutor General can simply come out and declare this state law is unconstitutional and therefore no longer a valid law – this is the big problem with this,” says Margaret A. Kulter, a senior climate lawyer at the Center for Biodiversity. “This is a more intimidation tactic.”

Amy Turner, director of the initiative for the right to climate in the cities in the Law on Climate Amendment Act in Colombia at the Faculty of Law in Colombia, said the 10th amendment of the Constitution states to set their own rules in areas where the Federal Government has not operated. “In other words, the federal government cannot simply grab the powers because it wants; what would not be uncertain would not be a constitutional crisis,” Turner wrote.

However, they say that the order can have a comprehensive effect on countries. Turner wrote that Trump’s order “It does not cause directly, prohibits, argues or does not take advantage of a country or local legislation. But it is probably a precursor to court disputes, legislation or deduction of federal funds.” This, she wrote, will have “a significant freezing effect on innovation in local climate policy.”

California General Prosecutor Rob Bont did not immediately return Calmatters’ calls, looking for a reaction to Trump’s order.

Trump’s first administration brought a case against California State It disputes its program for restriction and trade, which is related to a program in Canada, on the grounds that the state enters an international treaty. Trump has lost this caseS

Trump said state policies and laws “unjustifiably discriminated against” fossil fuel companies and “impose arbitrary and excessive fines without legal justification”, which increases energy costs for Americans.

“These state laws and policies are essential intransigent with my administration’s purpose of unleashing American energy. They should not endure,” the statement said.

Trump has also separated laws in New York and Vermont, which have created climate funds requiring fossil fuels companies to contribute to a climate adaptation fund. The aim is to cover increasing costs for extreme meteorological events.

In addition, the order is aimed at civil claims against fossil fuel companies. California is Leading effort To get fossil fuels to pay billions of dollars for the climate damage they have long gone.

Trump said these programs “blackmail” money from oil companies.

The oil industry urges the Trump administration to take a more aggressive legal position against these efforts to account for the state climate. Industrial groups encourage the Ministry of Justice to support their lawsuits or to initiate their own federal challenges against countries such as New York and Vermont, The Wall Street Journal reportedS

California is considering similar legislation. A Bill Introduced by Sen. Caroline MenzhurDemocrat from Van Nuys will require companies to pay the damage that greenhouse gas emissions have caused in California since 1990.

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