We’re only six weeks into Trump 2.0 and Louisianans are facing two of the biggest threats ever to their health, livelihoods, property and futures.

The No. 1 threat is President Donald Trump.

The No. 2 is the Republican members of our congressional delegation.

It’s all so the very rich get even richer.

Here’s why.

Louisiana faces arguably the highest and most costly environmental risks of any state.

We have been ranked the most polluted state overall, the third worst for industrial toxins and their associated health impacts and the fourth worst for life expectancy.

If those problems don’t make Louisiana an unattractive place to live or start businesses, the climate costs certainly do.

Our coastal zone, the state’s economic hub, is sinking at one of the planet’s fastest rates as the Gulf of Mexico is rising at one of its fastest rates. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says we could see two feet of sea level rise in just 35 years, while researchers report the worst-case projections for both issues could mean five to seven feet by the end of the century.

But wait, there’s more.

The record heat in the Gulf caused by climate change has led to more Category 4 and 5 hurricanes costing record billions in damages. Indeed, Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan claims its projects could prevent as much as $11 billion in damages every year by 2073. Of course, that’s only a percentage of the expected damage; it won’t stop billions more.

That’s the reason property insurance has become unaffordable for many, threatening the building and mortgage industries.

Now, the proper responses to these threats are obvious.

We could enjoy healthier, longer lives by reducing toxic pollutants at their primary sources — the petrochemical industry.

We could lighten climate impacts for the next generation by cutting fossil fuel emissions, the main cause of climate impacts.

He has gone to war on programs to reduce fossil fuel emissions. He has falsely declared a national energy emergency, pledging to kill regulations on permitting and the production of toxic emissions to help boost oil and gas production even as the nation now leads the world in those areas.

He is illegally canceling congressionally approved grants that help our economy transition to green energy and help states to install electric vehicle charging stations, and is even cracking down on teaching the science of climate change in public schools.

Mimicking communist-style thought control, Trump ordered federal agencies to wipe their web pages of research and news about climate change.

One of those is NOAA. This is the agency that warns us of approaching hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, blizzards and freezes, and provides critical information to help farmers determine when to plant and harvest crops.

All these actions will increase the risks to Louisianans’ health, property, livelihoods and futures.

In the past, members of Congress whose districts were victimized by cuts like these would rise in objection — even to their own party’s president.

But what’s been the reaction from Louisiana’s GOP members?

They simply tug their forelocks and grunt obeisance to Trump, tacitly giving approval for actions that harm their constituents to increase corporate profits for business owners and stockholders.

The goals of Trump’s actions are clear. Increase profits for his wealthiest backers by reducing regulations and programs protecting the public. That could show a reduction in the federal budget to justify his proposed $4.5 trillion tax cut mostly for those plutocrats — even though it will add $2.8 trillion to the deficit our children will owe.

Maybe you should ask your representatives who they are working for.