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Oct 15, 2025 | Postscape #031
President Trump’s 2025 climate rollback policies significantly overturn the Biden administration’s climate measures by canceling executive orders, exiting the Paris Agreement, and asking the EPA to reconsider greenhouse gas regulations, primarily to boost fossil fuel production and reduce renewable energy investments.
The administration’s recent policy changes obstruct emission reduction efforts and impede the U.S.’s climate goals, increasing greenhouse gas emissions while cutting funding for clean energy and dismantling crucial environmental protections.
For the average American, this means:
- Increased air pollution and associated health risks, including higher rates of respiratory and cancer-related diseases.
- Higher economic costs in the long term due to increased damage from climate-related disasters such as more intense storms, wildfires, heatwaves, and floods.
- Reduced support for clean energy jobs and infrastructure, leading to economic setbacks in the growing green energy sector.
- Greater vulnerability to climate impacts due to cuts or elimination of federal disaster preparedness and response programs like FEMA.
- Loss of U.S. leadership in the global clean energy transition, ceding economic and technological ground to countries like China.
The Trump administration’s budget cuts, totaling over $500 million in federal funding for clean energy projects in Colorado, have significantly disrupted grants for rural communities and small businesses. This has halted essential energy initiatives and impeded Colorado’s transition to renewable energy, resulting in increased energy costs, fewer affordable options, and heightened health risks due to pollution. The lack of federal support is obstructing Colorado’s critical infrastructure upgrades.
While the rollbacks cater to short-term fossil fuel interests, it significantly jeopardizes public health, environmental quality, economic stability, and climate resilience for Americans. Polls show that a strong majority of Americans resolutely oppose these rollbacks and firmly advocate for ongoing investment in clean energy and climate action.
SOURCES
https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2025/10/02/colorado-energy-department-cuts-funding-climate-change
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/23/trump-federal-law-greenhouse-gas-limits-00469911
https://www.wri.org/insights/trump-climate-action-setbacks-opportunities-us
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