Trump Administration’s Clean Power Plan Rollback a “Disgrace”
Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – June 19, 2019
(NEW YORK, June 19, 2019) “The Trump administration’s final version of its rollback of the Clean Power Plan is every bit as awful for Americans’ health and safety as we feared it would be. This so-called Affordable Clean Energy rule fails to protect Americans from the increasing cost of climate change and does nothing to support clean energy. It is a disgrace.
“Americans are reeling from catastrophic floods, heat waves, and other extreme weather fueled by climate change, and our country desperately needs leadership to address the crisis. Instead, the Trump administration has decided to scrap the Clean Power Plan in favor of a do-nothing replacement that includes no real limits on climate pollution, and could actually lead to increased health-harming pollution in many parts of the country.”
“States and power companies across the country are already reducing climate pollution, in some cases by much more than the Clean Power Plan called for. We should seize on and build from this clean energy momentum – but instead the Trump administration’s rollback will pull us down a failed and dangerous path. EDF will do everything in our power to fight it.”
- Fred Krupp, President, EDF
With more than 3 million members, Environmental Defense Fund creates transformational solutions to the most serious environmental problems. To do so, EDF links science, economics, law, and innovative private-sector partnerships to turn solutions into action. edf.org
Media Contact
Latest press releases
-
Oregon Water Partnership Applauds Gov. Kotek’s Executive Order to Promote Resilience of Communities and Natural Working Lands and Waters
October 23, 2025 -
Community, Health and Environmental Groups Sue to Stop President Trump’s Unlawful Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions
October 22, 2025 -
Emerging Farm Resiliency Practice Provides Significant Farm-Level and Public Benefits, New Report from EDF
October 21, 2025 -
IMO Postpones Adoption of Net Zero Framework, Delaying Global Action to Decarbonize Shipping
October 17, 2025 -
Environmental Defense Fund Applauds the IUCN’s Decision to Protect the Critically Important Mesopelagic Zone
October 14, 2025 -
Natural gas driving $21 billion risk for Florida’s families and businesses by 2034
October 13, 2025