Commentary: California Republicans have long championed the environment. Trump is trashing that core belief
(WorldNews Environment)

Careful stewardship of the environment has long been a central tenet of California conservatism. Beginning with the sweeping protections afforded Yosemite with the establishment of the National Park System under President Teddy Roosevelt, continuing to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Richard Nixon and including the most recent aggressive carbon emission reductions in the world started under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, California has always been viewed as a special environment to protect, but also a place where ideas to do so are catalyzed. Republican...