Cindy Carr, (202) 495-3034 or cindy.carr@sierraclub.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump proclaimed that he had “ended the war on American energy,” the Washington Post reported Trump will be asking for a 72 percent budget cut for clean energy and energy efficiency programs. At the same time, notorious climate denier and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s home state of Oklahoma has now become the number two state for wind power in the country. Pruitt has previously backed Trump’s budgets that contain cuts to both the EPA and clean energy research.
In response, Sierra Club Legislative Director Melinda Pierce released the following statement:
“In Donald Trump’s warped reality, the coal industry is growing and his approval ratings are positive. But the rest of America knows that clean energy is booming, and they aren’t falling for Trump’s fake promises. It’s inexcusable that Trump would try to undercut the hundreds of thousands of hardworking Americans employed by the clean energy economy so he can curry favor with a handful of fossil fuel billionaires. Trump needs to take his head out of the sand, stop trying to prop up his billionaire coal backers, and wake up to recognize the clean energy revolution spreading across the country.”
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