Appleby, J. (2018, November 12). High stakes, entrenched interests and the Trump rollback of environmental regulations. Retrieved from https://abcnews.go.com/Health/high-stakes-entrenched-interests-trump-rollback-environmental-regulations/story?id=59142295

Since his presidential campaign, President Donald Trump has promised to roll back environmental regulations and make other similar changes such as pulling out of the Paris climate agreement, and he has been moving towards these things. Due to this, there are a number of lawsuits coming from states and private organizations alike. Much of this regulation loss is based off the rationale that it will create lots of jobs.

I am in support of most of those posing lawsuits against the Trump administration here because I think that there is a poor allocation of priorities coming from where it is most important, the federal government. On the topic of creating more jobs, I think the jobs could still be created but they would be different. Instead of revamping jobs in coal and oil industries, we could instead place those workers in more efficient industries such as solar or wind power. The longer that we lay low on regulation and the like, the worse the climate gets and the more harmful chemicals are released into the atmosphere. Rather than spending money on these lawsuits, the money could be better spend moving forward and progressing towards a better future.