Like most presidents before him, President Donald Trump is expected to tout his energy policy accomplishments when he delivers his State of the Union address on Feb. 24 but environmentalists said the policies are hurting both the economy and the environment.

In the past year, Trump has emphasized carbon-based energy, downgraded renewables and decimated climate regulations.

David Kieve, president of EDF Action, the advocacy partner of the Environmental Defense Fund, said Ohio and the rest of the country are not better off.

"One year into the second Trump presidency, the state of our union is worse off than it was before," Kieve contended. "It's worse off environmentally, and it's certainly worse off in terms of the costs that the American people are paying."

Kieve pointed out under the second Trump administration, energy prices have risen at more than twice the rate of inflation, clean energy has been constrained and sources of dirty energy have been propped up. The president will deliver his address to a joint session of Congress at 9 p.m. ET. A Democratic response will follow.

Kieve believes the Trump administration is chipping away at the foundations of climate control by repealing the Endangerment Finding, a set of legal principles allowing the EPA and other government agencies to regulate the air and water quality. He argued it is also a drag on the American economy.

"We've reached a place where you don't have to accept that you can either do the right thing for the economy or for the environment," Kieve emphasized. "Clean energy is actually cheaper to produce and cheaper to purchase than the dirtiest forms of energy like coal, which this president seems intent on propping up."

Kieve noted an example of a regulatory change in which the government assigned a dollar value to protecting human health from pollution. The amount was reduced to $0. Kieve calls it a "strong signal" Trump does not value the health, safety or well-being of Americans.