A Worthy Heir: Donald Trump, the Republican Party and Climate Change
The aim of this article is to demonstrate that Donald Trump’s commitment to climate skepticism and his hostility toward the very idea of a proactive federal apparatus of environmental regulation do not mark a departure from Republican and conservative orthodoxy but, rather, signal his adherence to p...
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| description | The aim of this article is to demonstrate that Donald Trump’s commitment to climate skepticism and his hostility toward the very idea of a proactive federal apparatus of environmental regulation do not mark a departure from Republican and conservative orthodoxy but, rather, signal his adherence to positions developed and refined by the libertarian and free-market conservative think tanks that have been supplying the Republican Party with ideas and policy proposals since the 1970s. The article underscores the high degree of continuity between President Trump’s approach to climate change and the environmental policies implemented by his Republican predecessors since Ronald Reagan, which have revolved around a preference for market solutions over government regulations, deep mistrust of environmental multilateralism, efforts to increase fossil fuel production on public lands, and attempts to restrict access to environmental and climate data. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-96a4ec8cdcbd404fabc47fc94dbd3b662025-01-06T09:03:25ZengPresses universitaires de RennesRevue LISA1762-61532018-09-011610.4000/lisa.9941A Worthy Heir: Donald Trump, the Republican Party and Climate ChangeJean-Daniel CollombThe aim of this article is to demonstrate that Donald Trump’s commitment to climate skepticism and his hostility toward the very idea of a proactive federal apparatus of environmental regulation do not mark a departure from Republican and conservative orthodoxy but, rather, signal his adherence to positions developed and refined by the libertarian and free-market conservative think tanks that have been supplying the Republican Party with ideas and policy proposals since the 1970s. The article underscores the high degree of continuity between President Trump’s approach to climate change and the environmental policies implemented by his Republican predecessors since Ronald Reagan, which have revolved around a preference for market solutions over government regulations, deep mistrust of environmental multilateralism, efforts to increase fossil fuel production on public lands, and attempts to restrict access to environmental and climate data.https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/9941Republican Partyclimateclimate skepticismconservatismderegulationlibertarianism |
| spellingShingle | Jean-Daniel Collomb A Worthy Heir: Donald Trump, the Republican Party and Climate Change Revue LISA Republican Party climate climate skepticism conservatism deregulation libertarianism |
| title | A Worthy Heir: Donald Trump, the Republican Party and Climate Change |
| title_full | A Worthy Heir: Donald Trump, the Republican Party and Climate Change |
| title_fullStr | A Worthy Heir: Donald Trump, the Republican Party and Climate Change |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Worthy Heir: Donald Trump, the Republican Party and Climate Change |
| title_short | A Worthy Heir: Donald Trump, the Republican Party and Climate Change |
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| topic | Republican Party climate climate skepticism conservatism deregulation libertarianism |
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