by Watchman » 02 Jan 2025 12:21
The new year is usually a time for us to resolve to do better, to make decisions that are healthy and lead to personal and collective satisfaction and growth. This year is a bit different, though, with an oligarchy ready to pursue anti-climate goals once it’s ensconced in the US executive office.
Once-and-future President Donald J. Trump’s mantra of “drill, baby, drill” has led to little doubt that he’ll appease his financial backers by boosting fossil fuel production and reversing climate policies and regulations aimed at reducing US carbon emissions. As energy attorney Arnab Datta writes in the New York Times, the incoming administration is “not just hostile to the energy transition –” the US will withdraw again from Paris climate agreement, stifle numerous pollution regulations, and promote domestic fossil fuel production — “decisions likely to worsen global warming.”
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The new year is usually a time for us to resolve to do better, to make decisions that are healthy and lead to personal and collective satisfaction and growth. This year is a bit different, though, with an oligarchy ready to pursue anti-climate goals once it’s ensconced in the US executive office.
Once-and-future President Donald J. Trump’s mantra of “drill, baby, drill” has led to little doubt that he’ll appease his financial backers by boosting fossil fuel production and reversing climate policies and regulations aimed at reducing US carbon emissions. As energy attorney Arnab Datta writes in the New York Times, the incoming administration is “not just hostile to the energy transition –” the US will withdraw again from Paris climate agreement, stifle numerous pollution regulations, and promote domestic fossil fuel production — “decisions likely to worsen global warming.” [b][size=150][url=https://cleantechnica.com/2025/01/01/in-the-new-year-climate-activists-must-resolve-to-appeal-to-emotional-intelligence-and-local-contexts/]READ FULL ARTICLE[/url][/size][/b]
