Lethal Heating: Donald Trump's 100 Days In Office Marked By Climate Change Protests

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Anti-Trump protestors gather outside the White House to mark 100 days of the Trump Presidency (ABC News)

Key points:

An estimated 15,000 people turned out in Washington DC, Chicago, Boston and LA — (view the photos)
Some marches drew big-name attendees including Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Gore
Mr Trump will skip the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington

As US President Donald Trump marks his 100th day in the White House, thousands of people have turned out in cities across the country to protest against his climate change policies.
Mr Trump said earlier he had brought "profound change", adding "the first 100 days of my administration has been just about the most successful in our country's history".

"It's a false standard, 100 days, but I have to tell you, I don't think anybody has done what we've been able to do in 100 days, so we're very happy," he said.

Mr Trump is the least popular president at this stage of his term since polling began, Washington Post-ABC News, RealClearPolitics and FiveThirtyEight polls have all found.
About 15,000 people gathered for the afternoon march from the lawn of the US Capitol to the White House, according to an estimate by a Reuters reporter, coinciding with the end of the traditional "honeymoon" period for a new president.
Carrying signs emblazoned with slogans such as "Imagine a world free of climate change", and "Planet over profits", demonstrators on Saturday (local time) said they were angered by the prospect of Mr Trump carrying through on his vow to roll back protections put in place by his predecessors.

Donald Trump says the first 100 days are 'just the beginning' for new US prosperity. (ABC News)

"We're going to rise up and let them know that we're sick and tired of seeing our children die of asthma," Reverend Leo Woodberry of Florence, South Carolina, said.

"We're sick and tired of seeing people with cancer because of coal ash ponds. We're sick and tired of seeing sea-level rise."

The Trump administration is considering withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, which more than 190 countries including the United States signed in hopes of curbing global warming.
Mr Trump has also proposed deep cuts for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
As marchers took to the street, the EPA website underwent a makeover to reflect the views of the Trump administration.
In January, EPA sources told Reuters that administration officials had asked the agency to take down the climate change page — which included links to scientific research, data and trends related to the causes and effects of climate change.
In his campaign, Mr Trump called climate change a hoax. Last month he kept a promise to the coal industry by undoing climate change rules put in place by his predecessor Barack Obama.

Hundreds gathered in Boston to mark Mr Trump's first 100 days in office by protesting his agenda so far. (AP: Michael Dwyer)

In Boston, a crowd gathered in public park in downtown. Marchers carried signs with slogans such as "Dump Trump".
Some of the marches drew big-name attendees, including former vice-president Al Gore and actor Leonardo DiCaprio in the nation's capital and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders at a Montpelier event.
"Honoured to join Indigenous leaders and native peoples as they fight for climate justice," DiCaprio tweeted.
In Augusta, Maine, protesters outside the statehouse said they wanted to draw attention to the damage climate change can cause marginalised communities.
A demonstration stretched for several blocks in downtown Tampa, Florida, where marchers said they were concerned about the threat rising seas pose to the city.
In a break from tradition, Mr Trump will skip tonight's annual White House Correspondent's dinner and is expected to hold a campaign-style rally in Pennsylvania.
"Looking forward to RALLY in the Great State of Pennsylvania tonight ... big crowd, big energy!" he tweeted.
Saturday's march was part of an effort to build support for candidates with strong environmental records in the run-up to next year's midterm elections and the 2020 presidential race, organisers said.
"We're using this as a tactic to advance the strategy of building enough power to win on climate over the course of the long haul," national coordinator Paul Getsos said.

Why do we care about 100 days?

There's still almost 1,400 days to go of President Donald Trump's first term. Why make a big deal of the first 100? It's because this is probably as good as it gets for Mr Trump.

Since Mr Trump's inauguration on January 20, there have been national protests focused on issues ranging from abortion rights to immigration and science policy.
Myron Ebell, a climate change sceptic at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a libertarian think tank, said the march would have little impact on the administration.
"The real decisions are made in this country in elections, and we have now a president and a House and a Senate that are determined to pursue a pro-energy agenda," he said.
Mr Trump's representatives had no immediate comment on the protest.

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