Resist Trump climate attacks w aggressive action, The Guardian Oct 30 linked w quotes here, first in a series on misinformation, Heating Planet blog

Global climate leaders must adopt the same aggressive attitude as Trump, said Sheldon Whitehouse, though the US will not make it easy. “There was kind of a like shock-and-awe thuggery approach that was effective there.” Leaders must stand up to the fossil fuel industry, who are the “villains” in the story of the climate crisis. The sector created a “whole armada of fake front groups” to protect its interests and spread doubt about the climate crisis – despite early knowledge that their products warm the planet, he said. Without this influence, the world may have acted on the climate much earlier, said Rachel Cleetus, senior policy director of the science and climate advocacy group Union of Concerned Scientists, to reporters. “Fossil fuel companies have been lying and obstructing progress on climate action. That’s why we’re here,” she said. [From The Guardian Ex-EPA head urges US to resist Trump attacks on climate action: ‘We won’t become numb’ Expanded climate action from cities and states could slash planet-heating pollution despite Trump working against it https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/30/resist-trump-attacks-climate-action ]