What Trump’s climate rollbacks mean for climate change
Robert Johnson from Center on Global Energy Policy explains how Trump’s ‘America First’ policy will impact the Paris Agreement.
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President Donald Trump has made energy a clear focus for his second term in the White House. Having campaigned on an “America First” platform that highlighted domestic fossil-fuel growth, the reversal of climate policies and clean energy incentives advanced by the Biden administration, and substantial tariffs on key US trading partners, he declared an “energy emergency” on his first day in office.
A bipartisan permitting-reform proposal in the US Senate includes provisions that reduce barriers to an improved electricity transmission system, which would help fortify the country’s energy system and accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.
Rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels to address the severe threats of climate change requires economic transformations that pose challenges for regions heavily dependent on coal, oil, natural gas, or other carbon-intensive industries.
The Biden administration's taxes target Asian countries where Chinese producers moved after an earlier round of tariffs.
The world has committed to transitioning away from fossil fuels to avoid the most severe threats of climate change.[1] Communities across the United States rely on fossil fuel...
Some economists have softened their stance on tariffs as China floods the globe with cheap renewable components.
November’s election for president of the United States will have crucial implications for the nation’s and world’s energy and climate policies.