Determined to reverse eight years of a Democratic administration, House Republicans are on track to overturn a handful of rules finalized in President Barack Obama’s final months in office to deal with climate change, federal contracting and background checks for gun ownership. Opponents criticize the regulations as job killers that will hold the U.S. economy back.
Category: Global Warming
Elon Musk’s Warming Relationship With Donald Trump Is a Good Sign for Tesla Investors
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s relationship with Donald Trump has been an unpredictable one, with Musk going from a critical outsider to a close adviser within a month of the election. And Tesla’s stock seems to have reflected that transition, soaring by 30% since Election Day on November 8. “I feel a bit strong that [Donald Trump] is not the right guy.
On White House website, Obama climate priorities vanish, replaced by…
The energy page on the new White House website, which went up within moments of Friday’s inauguration, reiterates the priorities President Trump voiced during the campaign, from focusing on “energy independence” to promising to scale back the reach of the Environmental Protection Agency. It also seemed to remove any reference to combating climate change, a topic that had been featured prominently on the site under President Barack Obama.