It’s true that President-Elect Donald Trump prefers golf courses and MAGA merch to national parks and wildlife; he’s a noted climate change denier and shameless booster of dirty fossil fuels. It’s also true that those character flaws weren’t the same ones that got him reelected.
Clean energy tax breaks, pollution rules and America’s participation in the Paris climate agreement could all be on the chopping block once Donald Trump returns to office.
After rapid growth in the climate tech sector, experts say it's time to pick winners and back them with private investments to keep the clean energy transition going.
Many climate-change experts say the second Trump administration's focus on the economy exposes Americans to more long-term risks from flooding, wildfires and hurricane winds because it would increase rather than decrease the amount of climate-warming greenhouse gasses the U.S. pumps into the atmosphere.
In 1996, the IPCC concluded that “the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate”. Controversy around the scientific veracity of this finding was initiated by an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, in which an American physicist accused the lead authors of corrupting the IPCC peer-review process.
George David Banks, a Trump adviser during his first term in office who has since been working with lawmakers and outside groups on developing climate trade policies, predicted the center of activity would in the next Congress will be around legislation from Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), S. 3198, the “Foreign Pollution Fee Act.”
President Biden bragged about achieving his goal of delivering $11 billion per year in climate financing, which represents a six-fold increase under his administration.
President Joe Biden’s climate law is on the chopping block as Republicans prepare to have full control in Washington.
Let’s not sugarcoat things. The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election represents a setback for climate action. The incoming administration has been very clear that it does not prioritize confronting climate change,
The Inflation Reduction Act, passed in 2022, is the single-most effective, far-reaching piece of climate legislation ever enacted by the U.S. Congress. But it is now under threat.
Four counties in Florida that voted for Trump also voted to conserve open space, reduce flood damage and protect habitat