The Trump administration this week ramped up its efforts to erode nationwide climate progress with a sweeping executive order aimed at undermining states’ ability to set their own environmental policies, including key components of California’s fight against climate change. In an order dated April 8, the president directed Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi to identify and “stop the enforcement of” state laws that address climate change and other environmental initiatives. … The order also takes aim at California’s cap-and-trade program — a first-of-its-kind initiative that sets limits on companies’ greenhouse gas emissions and allows them to sell “credits” for unused emissions to other companies.

Other water and energy executive order news:

• San Francisco Chronicle: New Trump executive order blasts California’s cap-and-trade program​
• KCRA3 (Sacramento, Calif.): President Trump calls out California for ‘overreach’ on energy policies in executive order
• E&E News by Politico: Trump declares war on state climate laws
• The New York Times: Trump repeals Biden-era limit on water flow in shower heads