Paige Vega

And one thing that I talk about a lot with Fox's other climate reporters is how How do we make good decisions around the stories that we're covering coming out of Trump? Because he says a lot of things. But does what he says actually translate to concrete action and consequences?

And we looked back at his first term and wanted to really interrogate, like, what are the lasting legacies in terms of climate and energy policy that came out of Trump 1? And there wasn't actually a lot that stuck. So what happened is Trump did a lot of similar things that we're seeing him do now during his first term, but then Biden came into office and reversed a lot of those policies.

And we looked back at his first term and wanted to really interrogate, like, what are the lasting legacies in terms of climate and energy policy that came out of Trump 1? And there wasn't actually a lot that stuck. So what happened is Trump did a lot of similar things that we're seeing him do now during his first term, but then Biden came into office and reversed a lot of those policies.

And we looked back at his first term and wanted to really interrogate, like, what are the lasting legacies in terms of climate and energy policy that came out of Trump 1? And there wasn't actually a lot that stuck. So what happened is Trump did a lot of similar things that we're seeing him do now during his first term, but then Biden came into office and reversed a lot of those policies.

A couple examples here. Trump pulled us out of the Paris Agreement.

A couple examples here. Trump pulled us out of the Paris Agreement.

A couple examples here. Trump pulled us out of the Paris Agreement.

Biden put us back into the Paris Agreement.

Biden put us back into the Paris Agreement.

Biden put us back into the Paris Agreement.

Trump is also attempting to, you know, curtail the ability of states to regulate vehicle emissions. We saw him do that in his first term.

Trump is also attempting to, you know, curtail the ability of states to regulate vehicle emissions. We saw him do that in his first term.

Trump is also attempting to, you know, curtail the ability of states to regulate vehicle emissions. We saw him do that in his first term.

Biden came into office and reversed that.

Biden came into office and reversed that.

Biden came into office and reversed that.

So Trump, on day one of his second term here, he declared an energy emergency.

So Trump, on day one of his second term here, he declared an energy emergency.

So Trump, on day one of his second term here, he declared an energy emergency.

and had a flurry of executive orders that are all really intended to gut federal climate efforts, roll back regulations that are aimed at limiting things like pollution. He wants to give a major boost to the fossil fuel industry, and he wants to evade efforts to really reduce global warming.