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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville

Leading US economists urge peers to fight Trump’s attack on environment

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Demonstrators protesting in Washington in March against cuts to science funding. Photograph: Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Three leading US economists are urging their peers around the world to push back against Donald Trump’s attack on environmental laws.

In what amounts to a call to action to economists, the trio say rollback of environmental regulations is “inconsistent or antithetical” to fundamental principles of economics over how to allocate the world’s limited resources for the greatest possible value to society.

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