U.S. President Donald Trump is leading the world "in the wrong direction" on climate and weaponizing clean energy as a culture war issue, according to John Podesta, a longtime adviser to Democratic presidents.
Until January, Podesta was former President Joe Biden's senior point person on international climate policy. He took the stand Tuesday in Missoula, Montana, as an expert witness in Lighthiser v. Trump, a youth-led case challenging the administration's fossil fuel agenda.
Trump's second term has seen sweeping rollbacks of domestic policy aimed at fighting climate change and an effort to push fossil fuels abroad — from embedding liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchases in trade deals to reportedly pressuring bodies such as the International Energy Agency.
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