Trump said to toss Obama’s orders to prepare for extreme weather
Last year, the US suffered 15 disasters that each exceeded $1bn in damages; Trump is set to sign a new order that will reverse much of federal agencies’ plans
Washington — Since Donald Trump’s election, state officials, emergency managers and even some Republicans in Congress said they hoped the president’s skepticism about climate change wouldn’t cause him to toss programmes meant to protect Americans against its consequences — stronger storms, longer droughts, rising sea levels and more intense heat waves. That seems to have been too optimistic. On Tuesday, Trump is set to sign an executive order that will, in part, reverse two main planks of federal efforts under president Barack Obama to adapt to climate change, according to details of the order shared with Bloomberg News. The White House is expected to rescind Obama’s order to federal agencies to plan for climate change and another to have the military plan for the national security implications. "We should be doing as much as we can now to prepare and protect citizens against future risks," said Laura Lightbody, director of the Pew Charitable Trusts’ programme for reducing the impac...
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