The interplay between climate change skepticism and anti-environmentalism in United States: a critical analysis of Trump's era

Mominyar Khalid Butt, Malyka Khalid

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Abstract

Climate change is a global security threat as emphasized by climate scientists and revealed by climate-related disasters all over the world. However, in the United States, right-wing political leadership along with contrarian scientists, conservative think-tanks as well as media powered by the fossil fuel industries propagate climate change skepticism. This study demonstrates how climate skeptic machinery in the US has gained strength over time in the backdrop of growing anti-environmentalism. It particularly focuses on Trump’s era; marking how Trump administration and its policies clearly denied the existence of climate crises. It lays emphasis on Trump’s speeches and policies against climate change including appointment of anti-environmentalists to key positions, weakening the environmental laws, initiating environmentally damaging projects, withdrawing US from the Paris Agreement, cutting NASA’s climate monitoring program and dropping climate change as a national security threat.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-34
Number of pages14
JournalUCP Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
Volume1
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 6 Mar 2023
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • climate change
  • skepticism
  • United States
  • Trump
  • Paris Agreement
  • fossil fuel

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