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By slashing budgets, cutting staff and revoking funding for grants and permits, the Trump administration has effectively gutted key U.S. climate policies in a matter of months. The administration says the moves are intended to save money and spur investment.
But Bloomberg reporting found that these actions could have negative consequences for the US economy, for GDP growth in disaster-prone areas, and for US competitiveness on the world stage.
On today’s Big Take podcast, host Sarah Holder is joined by reporters Zahra Hirji and Eric Roston to calculate the economic toll of rolling back US climate science.
Read more: How Trump’s War on Climate Science Impacts All Americans
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