‘Can you help us?’: US oil execs turn to Trump to topple Europe’s climate rules

(Zack Colman, Ben Munster and Sara Schonhardt – Politico) The U.S. oil and gas industry has succeeded in exporting massive amounts of natural gas to Europe. Now, with the help of White House officials, it looks like it might also succeed in exporting the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda. Now the sector is attempting to strong-arm the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, into delaying the rollout of what the bloc intended to be a major rule to curb a potent climate pollution. It has prevailed in winning the backing of over half the bloc’s 27 member countries, who have joined U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright in calling for swift changes to the rules. – ‘Can you help us?’: US oil execs turn to Trump to topple Europe’s climate rules – POLITICO