Thursday, April 3Maximizing our Collective Impact

Author: Estelle Joubert

Project 2025 and its Climate Objectives
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Project 2025 and its Climate Objectives

"Indeed, ‘one set of eyes reading these passages will be those of the 47th President of the United States’ (Project 2025, 2022). Project 2025 is a policy agenda published by The Heritage Foundation, an ultraconservative policy research institute led by Paul Dans, a former Trump administration official, in 2022. This agenda is a far-right wishlist of proposals that its authors encourage Trump to implement in his current second term. These policies focus on an overhaul of the federal government, which would detrimentally affect agencies responsible for protecting the environment. According to a CNN article published on January 31, 2025, President Donald Trump stated he had not read Project 2025; however, more than two thirds of his early executive orders align with its proposals. Additionall...