Trump Moves to Dismantle U.S. Climate Rules, Bobby Magill, Climate Central:

The reversal of the plan is likely to be interpreted abroad as the U.S. pulling out of the Paris pact even if it doesn’t do so officially, said Danny Cullenward, a professor [*] of climate change law and economics at Stanford University.

“Politically, it will rightly be recognized as the Trump administration thumbing its nose to the climate problem,” Cullenward said.

Read the full article, “Trump Moves to Dismantle U.S. Climate Rules” by Bobby Magill, on the Climate Central website.

* Note: In addition to being a core member of the Near Zero team, Danny Cullenward is a Lecturer at Stanford, but not on the permanent faculty. He will be teaching a class on the ongoing transformation in U.S. environmental law in the spring quarter, and a class on climate law and policy in the fall quarter.