SOTU: One Year in, the State of Our Union Is: Polluted

THE STATE OF OUR UNION?

Under Trump, Pruitt, Perry & Zinke: POLLUTED

 

Donald Trump’s takeover of the federal government has put corporate polluters fully in charge of virtually every major position of responsibility for protecting the public from health and environmental threats.

 

But despite Trump’s unrelenting attacks on climate progress, on clean air and water, and on our public lands and democratic norms, environmental advocates have fought back every step of the way -- and we’re winning the fight for public opinion.

 

Let’s be clear, though, the scale of the threats we face is so significant that we had to compile a six-part series just to capture the main points:

 

Part 1: A Series on the Scale of the Threats Trump Poses

Part 2: A Systematic Attack on Science   

Part 3: Undermining the Institutions And People Who Protect Us   

Part 4: Handing Our Public Lands to Big Oil and Coal

Part 5: Gutting Regulations That Protect the Public

Part 6: Unprecedented Secrecy Shielding Unprecedented Corruption

 

THE GOOD NEWS:

 

  • A full 49% of those polled gave Trump a “D” or “F” on the issue of climate change -- higher than any other area.

  • Coal Plants Announcing Retirement: 27 - 1 every 16 days

  • New Cities Committed to 100% Clean Energy: 35 Nationwide, from St. Louis and Atlanta, to Moab and Sarasota

 

RESISTANCE, BY THE NUMBERS:

 

  • People's Climate March: 200,000+ in D.C., 100,000+ Nationwide

  • Sierra Club Members & Supporters: Up nearly 30%, at over 3 million.

  • Calls to White House in ONE DAY Against Trump’s Paris Decision: 60,000

  • Online Action Takers: Over 1.3 Million - up 68% from 2016