Objective 7.1 | Project 2025 Tracker

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Category 7: Rolling Back Environmental and Climate Protections

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Objective 7.1 : Withdraw from Paris Agreement

What It Means

Exit global climate pact

Our Analysis: To eliminate regulations that limit fossil fuel profits, regardless of their environmental or human cost. This is part of the corporate consolidation of power and profit.

Source References

Pages: pp. 201–206
Chapters: EPA, Energy, Interior, Climate Strategy
Quotes: “The Biden Administration’s climate agenda must be dismantled from Day One.”

Methodology

Project 2025 explicitly calls for reversal of all recent climate executive orders, regulations, and international commitments. This objective covers the immediate regulatory rollback on climate policy.

Tracking Notes

We are monitoring for actions that align with this intent, based on how this objective was derived: Project 2025 explicitly calls for reversal of all recent climate executive orders, regulations, and international commitments. This objective covers the immediate regulatory rollback on climate policy.

April 4, 2025 at 6:24 pm: Status change: The State Department announced in early April 2025 that the U.S. has formally initiated the process to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, signaling alignment with Project 2025's objective to reverse international climate commitments.

Status: In Progress

Last Updated: April 3, 2025

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Objective 7.2 : Dismantle EPA

What It Means

Reduce EPA authority or eliminate it

Our Analysis: To dismantle the EPA and neutralize its ability to enforce environmental laws, placing climate policy fully under political control.

Source References

Pages: pp. 202–204
Chapters: EPA, Interior, DOE
Quotes: “The federal government must cease its war on fossil fuels and promote American energy independence.”

Methodology

This objective reflects the stated goal of Project 2025 to remove restrictions on oil and gas drilling, fast-track fossil fuel permits, and elevate domestic extraction as a national priority.

Tracking Notes

We are monitoring for actions that align with this intent, based on how this objective was derived: This objective reflects the stated goal of Project 2025 to remove restrictions on oil and g's drilling, f'st-track fossil fuel permits, and elevate domestic extraction 's a national priority.

April 4, 2025 at 6:24 pm: Status change: In March 2025, the Trump administration proposed deep budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, reducing its funding by over 30% and targeting regulatory and enforcement programs. This aligns with Project 2025's objective to dismantle the EPA and reduce its influence over fossil fuel regulation.

Status: In Progress

Last Updated: April 3, 2025

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Objective 7.3 : Increase Oil/Gas Drilling

What It Means

Expand drilling on public lands

Our Analysis: To withdraw from global climate agreements and alliances, isolating the U.S. while maximizing short-term fossil fuel extraction.

Source References

Pages: pp. 204–206
Chapters: EPA, Administrative Law
Quotes: “Congress should dismantle the administrative state by restricting agency rulemaking powers.”

Methodology

Project 2025 uses environmental policy as a case study to argue for stripping rulemaking authority from agencies like the EPA. This objective reflects that push to require all major regulations to be passed by Congress.

Tracking Notes

We are monitoring for actions that align with this intent, based on how this objective was derived: Project 2025 uses environmental policy 's a c'se study to argue for stripping rulemaking authority from agencies like the EPA. This objective reflects that push to require all major regulations to be p'ssed by Congress.

April 4, 2025 at 6:24 pm: Status change: On March 26, 2025, the Department of the Interior under the Trump administration released a new five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program that significantly increases access to federal waters for drilling. The plan includes lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and previously restricted areas of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, advancing the Project 2025 objective to increase oil and gas development by rolling back prior administrative restrictions.

Status: In Progress

Last Updated: April 3, 2025

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Objective 7.4 : Withdraw from International Climate Agreements

What It Means

End U.S. participation in climate-related treaties like the Paris Agreement and avoid binding global environmental obligations.

Our Analysis: To greenlight pollution and extractive projects that harm marginalized communities and strip them of environmental protections.

Source References

Pages: pp. 205-207
Chapters: Climate Policy, International Affairs
Quotes: “All climate agreements that infringe on U.S. sovereignty must be rescinded or ignored.”

Methodology

This objective stems from Project 2025’s rejection of multilateral climate governance. It explicitly supports withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and avoiding any future legally binding climate treaties. The goal is to isolate U.S. energy policy from global standards.

Tracking Notes

We are monitoring for actions that align with this intent, based on how this objective was derived: This objective stems from Project 2025's rejection of multilateral climate governance. It explicitly supports withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and avoiding any future legally binding climate treaties. The goal is to isolate U.S. energy policy from global standards.

April 4, 2025 at 6:25 pm: Status change: On March 15, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order directing the formal withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, citing the accord's impact on U.S. economic and energy interests. This action aligns directly with Project 2025's goal of rejecting multilateral climate governance.

Status: In Progress

Last Updated: April 3, 2025

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