Will Environmentalists Find the Actions of the Trump Administration To Be “Interesting?”

My colleague Jon LeSage writes in his Green Auto Digest: “There’s one thing I can guarantee you about 2017: industry conferences and events are going to be very interesting. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s abrupt decision on November 30 to leave in place its greenhouse gas emissions standards for light vehicles through the 2025 model year before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, is guaranteed to be discussed during speaker panels next year.

That, plus decisions by the Trump administration and new agency heads on the fuel economy and emissions standards, electric vehicle tax incentives, climate change, and the very existence of the EPA, will keep people on the edge of their seats.”

Of course, Jon’s right as usual, though one could pick nits and ask him to define the word “interesting.” To the chagrin of decent people everywhere, the cabinet appointments and surrounding discussions over the past few weeks have demonstrated that the Trump administration is going to be quite earnest in its attempt to inflict every bit of the damage to environmental protection that he promised in his campaign. Trump, through both direct fiat and appointments to important positions, has the absolute authority to erase virtually all the progress that has been made vis-à-vis the environment over the last half century and permanently destroy the reputation the U.S. has had for justice and leadership on the world stage.  And, at this point, there’s no reason whatsoever to believe that he’s not going to do exactly that.

My point on quibbling on the word “interesting”: If I announced that Shaquille O’Neal had challenged me to a one-on-one basketball game, I doubt anyone would be interested to see the outcome.

On the other hand, Trump’s already dealing with the resistance of many millions of people.  Resistance in what sense?  Check  out this post that’s going “viral,” if you want to see some real hard-hitting honesty (and you’ll put up with some obscene language).  It’s in response to the latest “Saturday Night Live” all-too-real parody of Mr. Trump, below: