https://secondnexus.com/environment/trump-signs-executive-order-reversing-ocean-protections/
More proof that the world is not in anything resembling decent shape.
Basing policy on executive orders under the assumption that your platform is so strong it will carry your chosen successor into office to continue your work means you’re subject to an unanticipated successor undoing all your work. Obama is learning this now and Trump will learn it if his successor is a Democrat.
While there’s more to quality of life than just environmental threats and humans are still better off today than at any other point in history, I agree climate change is probably the most pressing issue for us as a species and it’s unfortunate that bad politics could end up wrecking the planet.