An Open Letter to Trump On The Environment

Mother Nature cannot be controlled with a non-disclosure agreement

President Trump,

I fail to understand the reasoning behind your disregard for preserving the continued habitability of our planet. As a father, I would assume you are possessed of the basic paternal inclination to ensure the security of your own progeny. Yet, you disregard all subjects of environmental concern with a casual and disinterested contempt which can only be called lazy, arrogant, and entitled.

You occupy the most powerful position in the world. Of all the human beings that have ever lived, you are in the best position to ensure the continued prosperity and survival of the human race. The collective machinery representing the sum total of human achievement is at your command, but you refuse to deploy it to the purpose of indisputable global benefit.

Instead, when it comes to the environment you seem to have adopted a tactic of aggression, as if we are at war with Mother Nature herself. You have pulled us out of the Paris climate agreement, you have loosened regulations on toxic air pollution, and you have rolled back fresh water protections to name just a few of your coordinated strikes on our natural world.