By Robert Bradley Jr. — January 22, 2025
“Many full-time climate activists like Mark Trexler need to get real jobs in the private sector producing goods and services that people want rather than engaging in wealth redistribution and net resource loss. A sea change is upon us….”
Mark Trexler of the (alarmist) Climate Risk Red Team (see appendix below) has compiled a list of Trump-related action items for a consumer-first, America-first approach to climate and energy policy. Trexler, worried about Trump, published this useful list that can now be compared to Trump’s executive orders now flowing from Washington, DC:
While I’d heard a lot about the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” blueprint for a second Trump Administration, I’ve never seen a simple listing of specific things being proposed. Note this is just a partial list, is limited to climate change, and is just one of a number of such lists being developed. That said, the implications would be pretty remarkable.
Accelerate the review process for cross-border energy projects
Appoint more judges likely to be unfriendly to climate action
Cut funding for international climate organizations
Delay stricter fuel economy standards
Eliminate climate change clauses in future trade agreements
Eliminate climate resilience requirements for housing projects
Eliminate grants for renewable energy projects
Eliminate international climate change adaptation programs
Elimination of DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Elimination of the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
End to “pause” on new US LNG export authorizations
Expand grazing and forestry activities on federal lands
Expand oil and gas exploration on federal lands and waters
Expand research on advanced fossil fuel technologies
Finance international oil and gas projects
Increase biofuel production by easing regulations on ethanol production
Increase grant funding for fossil fuel technology startups
Increase training programs for coal and oil workers
Limit climate adaptation at military installations
Limit enforcement of environmental marketing regulations
Limit renewable energy mandates for military installations
Limit shareholder proposals related to climate change
Limit state powers to block energy infrastructure projects
Oppose broadcasting rules favoring climate change messaging
Prevent mandatory climate risk disclosures
Prevent mandatory environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures
Promotion of U.S. energy exports
Re-evaluate regulations on coal mining to promote greater extraction
Reduce climate financing for developing nations
Reduce climate health impact studies
Reduce export controls on coal and oil products
Reduce funding for climate change adaptation programs
Reduce intelligence focus on climate change as a national security threat
Remove climate PSAs from broadcasting regulations
Repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act
Rollback climate-oriented consumer protection regulations
Scale back climate research to focus on weather forecasting
Simplify the approval process for hydropower projects
Stop incorporating climate risk into monetary policy
Stop linking climate change to public health risks
Streamline environmental impact assessments for energy projects
Support bilateral energy agreements with fossil fuel-producing countries
Support hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and coal mining
Support state rollback of zero-emission vehicle mandates
Tweak IRS regulations to make access to IRA tax benefits more difficult
Weaken energy efficiency standards for appliances
Withdraw from international climate agreements
I count 47 items. Are there more? This is prior government’s fault for imposing—not a reform candidate’s fault for repeal/weakening. Free-market energies should be for the masses, not government wind, solar, and batteries re the Climate Industrial Complex.
Executive Orders to Date
The New York Times today listed these ten Day 1 Trump initiatives:
- Withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, the pact among almost all nations to fight climate change.
- Declare a national energy emergency, a first in U.S. history, which could unlock new powers to suspend certain environmental rules or expedite permitting of certain mining projects.
- Attempt to reverse Mr. Biden’s ban on offshore drilling for 625 million acres of federal waters.
- Begin the repeal of Biden-era regulations on tailpipe pollution from cars and light trucks, which have encouraged automakers to manufacture more electric vehicles.
- Roll back energy-efficiency regulations for dishwashers, shower heads and gas stoves.
- Open the Alaska wilderness to more oil and gas drilling.
- Restart reviews of new export terminals for liquefied natural gas, something the Biden administration had paused.
- Halt the leasing of federal waters for offshore wind farms.
- Eliminate environmental justice programs across the government, which are aimed at protecting poor communities from excess pollution.
- Review all federal regulations that impose an “undue burden” on the development or use of a variety of energy sources, particularly coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear power, hydropower and biofuels.
Final Comment
Is it time for the Mark Trexlers of the world to recalibrate? Decades of climate mitigation policy has produced waste and much trash talk (‘denier’) but not much change in global emissions. The saturation effect (diminishing forcing of CO2 as the atmosphere PPM builds up) makes climate activism a lost cause except for the shouting.
Many full-time climate activists need to get real jobs in the private sector producing goods and services that people want rather than engaging in wealth redistribution and net resource loss. A sea change is upon us….
Appendix: A Job in Alarmism
Mark Trexler describes his expertise as follows:
Having studied societal and business climate risks for the last 20+ years, I’ve arrived at several takeaways:
1) We’re substantially under-estimating societal AND business climate risks, near-, mid-, and long-term
2) It’s REALLY hard to get our heads around the potential implications of climate change going forward
3) Knowledge management is a key skillset for accessing actionable climate knowledge
4) Decision-support tools like Assumption Audits, Scenario Planning, and Pre-Mortems are critical
I developed the methodology for the first carbon offset (1989), carried out the first studies of nature-based solutions (1991), founded the first specialized U.S. climate risk consultancy (1991), managed the first corporate carbon footprints (1993), implemented many of the earliest carbon offsets (1992+), took the first company climate neutral (1996), built the first supply/demand carbon pricing model (1996), , and started developing the Climate Web as a collective climate change intelligence in 2010.
I’ve launched successful start-ups, managed global teams of climate consultants, served as a Lead Author and Chapter Editor for the IPCC, and been Director of Climate Risk for the Oslo-based global risk firm DNV.
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Oh Dear, How Sad, Nevermind 😉
For the benefit of anyone unfamiliar with British 1970s comedy:
Trump truly is ushering in a new Golden Age for the USA. I hope he follows ALL of the Project 2025 proposals on energy. Drill Baby Drill!
Consultants might have to get a real job?
Heaven forbid😘
Though Onshore Nuclear is better suited for task, Offshore Wind could have it’s uses WRT Desalination of Sea Water. Desalination should progress with the fresh water produced being pumped up to reservoirs and lakes and inland for crop irrigation. With Offshore Wind handling the “Free Energy” factor would make the Water “free” as well so reservoirs always stay full and cropland is always productive, even in drought years.
Perhaps the.water.could even be piped up above the Snow Line and be used in Snow Pack augmentation during La Niña years via Snow Machines.
Stop. Clear your mind. Think about what you just posted.
The challenge for you is to identify all the flaws in your logic.
You’re definitely addressing a need, though economics may dictate different solutions (no pun intended).
In any case, I think we would agree that a rededication of governments to provide for basic services is in order. Empty reservoirs that could have been filled and fire hydrants without water are failures that should not be acceptable.
If you were worried about the effect on sea life from wind generators used for mainland power you should be even more concerned about the effect of the discharge from desalination.
From Wiki:
Desalination processes produce large quantities of brine, possibly at above ambient temperature, and contain residues of pretreatment and cleaning chemicals, their reaction byproducts and heavy metals due to corrosion (especially in thermal-based plants).[120][121] Chemical pretreatment and cleaning are a necessity in most desalination plants, which typically includes prevention of biofouling, scaling, foaming and corrosion in thermal plants, and of biofouling, suspended solids and scale deposits in membrane plants.[122]
Offshore wind is not “free.” It’s operation and maintenance costs are way above onshore wind because it is…..offshore. It doesn’t matter what the energy is used for.
That thar Trump feller is sneaking into kitchen table conversations everywhere-
Scots tell Starmer to ‘drill baby drill’ in the North Sea
Perhaps they can go into Capitol Hill security to replace any Hill Police looking for new work after Trumps pardon of everyone who assaulted or injured them during that Jan 6th “tourist visit.”
Could they replace the veteran who was shot dead for no reason whatever by these same blokes? Could they replace the FBI agents who ginned up the whole sting operation? Could you keep your drivel bottled up more tightly next time?
Yes. Incitement and entrapment most often is a leftist tactic.
You need to look at what was actually done. Not everyone was pardoned. Commutation of sentence is not a pardon.
Then you need to take a gander at the 8000 pardons Biden issued.
Then you need to take a hard look at the unConstitutional pre-emptive pardons he issued for his family and staff and members of Congress.
Hint: The Constitution does not empower the President to confer immunity.
Then you need to take a gander at the 8000 pardons Biden issued.
Including the one who murdered 2 FBI agents, since we’re talking about violence against law enforcement. (I won’t get into the guy with 48k cp images on his computer)
Commutation of sentence is not a pardon.
Yep.
Good points. And Biden forgot to pardon himself, or his handlers left him out to dry.
Are you talking about before and after the presidency because while he was the president he is immune that has already been verified hasn’t it?
He’s immune to criminal charges due to being too senile to participate in his defense, and probably has been for four years.
Maybe you could address the fact that the only two people who were killed that day were peaceful civilians…by the hands (and guns) of the Hill Police that you are so concerned about.
Ayah.
I looked into my state’s punishment for assaulting a police officer. The maximum you could get, if the victim officer was injured in the process, is 5 years. If no injury, max is 3 years.
Now, not having looked into the specifics of each pardon case, I’m thinking that, given the extreme political bias shown by the administration towards the protesters, it seems likely to me that many were given sentences greatly in excess of the normal sentences. Thus they have probably served the required sentence already. However, that only applies to defendants that allegedly assaulted an officer. Folks that just walked in, took some selfies and left, yet were given years in jail deserved pardons and apologies and even a cash settlement (which I would support).
I’m sure that there are cases that don’t satisfy my assumptions, but I suspect that most do.
Yes, agree. Know that it was not a blanket pardon. As reported, Trump staff reviewed the cases. The only surprise is he did not do this in 3 separate actions.
Anyone accepting the pardon is admitting guilt.
Those facing trial avoid the trial but still have a record.
Those serving time had their sentences commuted but retain the criminal record.
Now consider Biden pre-emptively pardoning all those family, friends, etc.
Per Supreme Court in 1915, those pardons are invalid. The President does not have the power to grant immunity. The so-call pardons were not specific to a crime committed, therefore amounting to immunity, and thus are invalid.
The bulk of the pardons were for people who did not physically or violently engage with law enforcement during the riot.
Accepting a pardon is NOT admitting guilt. Many pardons were issued because a Governor or President decided that the trial was a miscarriage of justice and the person was innocent.
How many “protesters” were convicted or jailed for the assaults on over 2200 police officers during the George Floyd riots (or “mostly peaceful protests”)? How many of those arrested had all charges dropped by Soros supported DAs? Everyone that Trump pardoned has been incarcerated for at least a couple of years – pretty severe for trespassing in a public building.
I deliberately avoided mentioning the Portland Insurrection. They took over a portion of the city and declared it a free zone. But the same people complaining about the Trump pardons back then were all in on defund the police.
I also did not previously post of how the protesters were awarded millions in a civil suit (excessive police force) while the shop keepers and bystander victims got nothing.
“Many full-time climate activists need to get real jobs in the private sector”
I suggest picking up roadkill , especially skunks .
😉
That is probably the limit of what many of them are qualified to do.
Give Mark a beer so he has something to cry into.
Would not want his tears polluting the ecosystem.
story tip: Tennessee Valley Authority see highest peak demand in company’s history: https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/mid-south-power-supplier-sets-all-time-power-demand-record/article_48bb3c44-d8ed-11ef-a65d-7369c454d4a1.html
No solar. No windmills.
Nukes. Gas. Coal. Hydro.
Well, Mr Trexler, I have studied physics for over 50 years and the physics of radiative transfer of heat in the Earth atmosphere for at least 20 years of those. And I have arrived at only one takeaway. That there is no climate crisis.
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BINGO! There isn’t a down side to an increase in atmospheric CO2.
At least not in any feasible concentration within the next 500 years.
But I am guessing that Trexler has done quite well financially form his climate science fiction.
Cliance Fiction and Fantasy
What is Trexler’s net worth?
Check your picture dictionary. Find Mark Trexler’s image next to
Obnoxious parasite.
It seems to me that his statement #2 pretty much defeats the other three.
Oh, and WTF is a “Pre-Mortem”?
That’s a neo-Marxist neologism for the counseling session a bureaucrat has with an unhappy or sad person to encourage them to take advantage of their right to medically assisted suicide! It’s primarily a new way for Justine Castreau’s Canada to lower costs and try to unclog their medical system!
Thanks, makes sense. I didn’t catch it, but is Trexler Canadian?
“Assumption …, Scenario .., and Pre-Mortems”
That pretty much describes “Climate Séance” doesn’t it. 🙂
I think “Pre-Mortem” means something like “Prophecy”.. as in a sci-fantasy novel.
Pre-Mortem versus post mortem?
Yep, the actual meaning is really just guesswork, isn’t it. !
One more:
Reinstate Trumps earlier imposed requirement on the EPA (and in addition on Universities too) for Red Team/Blue Team research on all aspects of Climate Science
No thanks. Who would you appoint to make sure teams were fair? Who would you appoint to check on who you’ve appointed? Who would you appoint to check on who would you’ve appointed to check on who you’ve appointed? etc… (I know the relevant WS reference.)
Seriously now, KevinM! Have you ever checked how much the [clim-]absolutists hate the idea of Red-Team vs. Blue-Team competitions?
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Uh running up world food prices by putting corn into our gas tanks for exactly what purpose, is a crime against humanity. Or did I miss something?
But it creates “millions of well paying green jobs.”
is /s needed?
Presenter was unable to maintain parallel phrase structure in the list. Some items are nouns and some are verbs. Transition points represent places where the author had to avoid thinking, e.g.
“Promotion of U.S. energy exports”
instead of
“Promote U.S. energy exports”
I can see where it would be troublesome for someone anti- wanting to make the list look longer but not wanting to include ideas that might seem pro-
Well done.
Again, the first quote is unattributed.
It is quoted from the referenced article. This is a transcript. One could assume the quote is attributed to the author.
It’s better not to have to assume.
What do professional foresters have to say about Dr Mark Trexler?
For example, has he incorporated wisdom and knowledge in his management plans with regard to the greening of the planet attributed in part to increased atmospheric CO2? Geoff S
I suspect no forester ever heard of Trexler. But if they look at that list they’ll certainly like, “Expand grazing and forestry activities on federal lands”.
Absofreakinglutely. Love that one. I like them all in fact. Thank you, Mark, whoeverthefreek you are.
nice image of Trump getting down to business!
Nice to have it all in one place for the indictment and RICO suit.
Tough for him to see his life’s work in tatters.. 😉
Trexler’s list seems like a good starting point for me.
Someone email it to Trump. 🙂
Oh , and don’t forget to send a “thank you” email to Trexler 😉
“It’s REALLY hard to get our heads around the potential implications of climate change going forward” – well, he certainly got that one right!
Every single one of Trump’s executive orders is now, or will be in the future, targeted for a lawsuit by legions of NGO and state-funded lawyers. We will have to see how far the coalition of anti-Trump lawfare NGO’s and state goverment AG’s might go in stopping Trump’s agenda in its tracks. These people are determined to do so, regardless of what it costs.
May you live in interesting times.
(Old Chinese curse)
It applies.
It ain’t over ’till the fat lady sings.
Question: Trans?
/humor
CFACT trying to keep track of all Trumps climate related EOs..
Climate kleptocrats reeling from Trump executive orders – CFACT
Sorry Mr. Stiell, wind and solar are not clean.
Sorry Mr. Hauter, low-income families and communities of color are the ones to be hit first with the energy disaster continuing with this net zero insanity will bring.
Time to pull out of the UN.
“Welcome to a new era of common sense climate, energy and environmental policy.”.
+42
Now, about all those trillions of green dollars creating jobs in green energy … have they never heard about Bastiat’s Wind Turbine?
1) We’re substantially over-estimating societal AND business climate risks, near-, mid-, and long-term
2) It’s REALLY hard to get our heads around the potential implications of net-zero going forward
3) Propaganda management is a key skillset for accessing actionable climate knowledge
4) Decision-support tools like Valid Data Collection, Unbiased Reporting, and Less Reliance on Climate Models are critical
Fixed….
“We’re substantially under-estimating societal AND business
climaterisks….”…. of the idiotic responses to the climate farce..
eg Net-Zero, CO2-hatred, inbuilt intermittency of very costly electricity, inefficient appliances that are unfit-for-purpose….etc etc etc
These idiotic responses are doing great harm to society and businesses wherever they are implemented.
Its not a “risk”.. it is absolutely intentional, and happening already
I have nothing good to say about people like Trexler.