"Donald Trump’s re-election is a major setback for #climate action but ultimately it’s the US that could end up losing out, as the rest of the world will move forward without it."

Other players, notably China, are increasingly moving into a leadership position on the issue, because of the strategic policy and economic interests it advances.

The US, if Trump does enact the changes he has campaigned on, will find itself falling behind on new technologies and markets."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/07/donald-trump-cant-stop-global-climate-action-if-we-stick-together-its-the-us-that-will-lose-out

"Oil companies and some Republican lawmakers support parts of the #InflationReductionAct, making outright repeal less likely than new restrictions, caps and expiration dates. "

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-08/trump-plans-to-dismantle-the-green-new-scam-it-won-t-be-easy

"The truth is that Donald Trump can only slow, not stop the clean energy transition. The U.S. is only responsible for about a 10th of global #emissions, and China, not America, is now the world’s largest market (by far) for cars and trucks, electricity, and industrial commodities like steel and cement.

Trump cannot wind back the clock on technological innovation or dampen the appetite for EVs and clean energy in the rest of the world."

https://heatmap.news/ideas/trump-election-climate-fight

"Voters overwhelmingly preferred Harris’s policies to Trump’s if they didn’t know who proposed them."

“We have a country that is pickled in right-wing misinformation and rage.”

This reminds the historian Heather Cox Richardson of how before the Civil War, "white southern leaders made sure that voters did not have access to news that came from outside the American South, and instead steeped them in white supremacist information."

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-8-2024

Also this, posted by @alfiekohn

"Zeldin, who has a score of just 14% from the League of Conservation Voters on his votes on environmental issues in his 15 years in Congress, is expected to oversee an overhaul of the EPA that will rival anything seen since its foundation in 1970.

An exodus of staff is expected from the agency."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/11/trump-appoint-lee-zeldin-epa-chief

Zeldin for EPA: Not a lot of experience in environmental policy, but an abundance of loyalty.

"He was among the Republicans in Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 election results. While in Congress, he did not serve on committees with oversight of environmental policy and had a lifetime score of 14% from the League of Conservation Voters during his eight years in Congress."

https://apnews.com/article/trump-stephen-miller-policy-immigration-9cc6ad3118779b23bff88022ca5e2260

"Reuters, citing two sources with direct knowledge of the matter reported Thursday that Trump’s transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 credit as part of broader tax-reform legislation.

During his campaign, Trump continually promised to kill what he called President Joe Biden’s “EV mandate,” although no such mandate exists in federal law."

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/15/business/musk-tesla-trump-ev-tax-credit/index.html

Trump picks fracking company CEO Chris Wright as next Department of Energy secretary

"Wright has acknowledged the link between burning fossil fuels and climate change but has expressed doubt that climate change is linked to worsening extreme weather. He has also been a staunch supporter of fossil fuels in public interviews, saying they are necessary to lift the developing world out of poverty. "

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/16/politics/chris-wright-energy-secretary-trump/index.html

Trump promised cheaper gas.

"But the American oil industry is already booming and increasing output doesn’t mean gas prices will drop.

Trump’s goal to increase US oil production — by making fracking more accessible with open drilling permits and by expanding fracking areas — likely won’t have a major impact on demand, which has slowed globally. "

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/18/business/trump-fracking-oil-demand/index.html

"Power and electricity generation data during Trump's first term indicates that clean power progress is hard to stop, even by big supporters of oil and gas.

And there are some trends that no administration will want to stop, such as the lowering of generation costs from new production capacity, be it #renewable or fossil-based."

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/gauging-likely-trump-effect-us-energy-power-sectors-maguire-2024-11-22/

What Can US Cities and States Do for the #Climate Under Trump? Plenty

"Federal progress on climate may stall, but city halls and statehouses are in a good position to build on recent gains.

She offered advice for people looking to get involved locally: “Go to the meeting. Find out what’s going on in your community,” she said."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-27/what-can-us-cities-and-states-do-for-the-climate-under-trump-plenty

Example:
Subways, Buses and Bike Lanes Scored Billions in Local Ballot Wins

"Voters overwhelmingly supported local measures to improve mass transit from Arizona to Tennessee.

Transit ballot initiatives often succeed, because contrary to the stereotype of Americans obsessed with car-oriented transit, people like having other public options. "

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-16/nashville-and-other-cities-approved-major-mass-transit-measures

“ U.S. repeal of the #IRA would, in the most likely scenario, harm U.S. manufacturing and trade and create up to US$80 billion in investment opportunities for other countries, including major U.S. competitors like China.

U.S. harm would come in the form of lost factories, lost jobs, lost tax revenue, and up to $50 billion in lost exports.”

Meanwhile, “China will be happy to wave in the rearview mirror of one of its world-leading EVs, as U.S. manufacturers hobble on.”

https://www.theenergymix.com/80b-windfall-for-u-s-trade-partners-competitors-if-trump-cuts-clean-energy-funds-2/

(This is turning into the #TrumpDepression thread. Read only if you're feeling too upbeat, mute hashtag if you need to).

MAGA coming for #NCA

"The wealth of scientific data provided by the National Climate Assessment is one reason Vought wants to target the report. Its findings show the country will increasingly suffer as the Earth warms, and the consequences will grow in severity unless the United States joins the world in slashing greenhouse gas emissions."

https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-team-takes-aim-at-crown-jewel-of-us-climate-research/

Translation: We will please our #OilAndGas sponsors and make energy more expensive.

“We’re going to try and have a policy where no windmills are being built,” Trump said, adding “they don’t work without subsidy. … You don’t want energy that needs subsidy.”

"Data from the International Energy Agency indicates fossil fuel subsidies reached an all-time high in 2022, with oil subsidies increasing 85 percent."

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5071767-trump-were-going-to-try-to-have-a-policy-where-no-windmills-are-being-built/
#TrumpDepression

"Donald Trump’s choice for energy secretary said the US should expand production of #FossilFuels along with nuclear power, geothermal and other technologies to make the nation’s energy more reliable and affordable.

Chris Wright runs a Colorado fracking services company.
“There is no #climate crisis.” "

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-15/trump-s-pick-for-energy-secretary-vows-to-unleash-us-expansion
#TrumpDepression

"In Washington DC this week, Republicans threatened to withhold unconditional disaster aid for California, an echo of Trump’s first term where he allegedly halted assistance for states he felt were politically hostile to him.

Ben Jealous, Sierra Club: “The modern Republican party operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of the fossil fuel industry and we now have a president who seeks to confuse and confound the American people. It’s unconscionable.” "

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/17/trump-climate-change-la-fires

"Lee Zeldin, Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency [#EPA], struggled to answer simple questions about science during his confirmation hearing Thursday.

Whitehouse asked if it was correct that the trapped heat is “heating up the oceans.”

“That is what the scientists tell me, Senator,” #Zeldin remarked. Always a good sign when someone is bothering to differentiate between what scientists tell you and what is “correct.”"

https://newrepublic.com/post/190315/trump-epa-lee-zeldin-science-quiz-confirmation-hearing

"President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for interior secretary told a Senate panel Thursday the U.S. can leverage development of fossil fuels and other energy sources to promote world peace and voiced concerns about the reliability of renewable power sources promoted under the Biden administration.

Burgum later touted the many potential uses for public lands including recreation, logging and oil and gas production that can boost local economies."

https://apnews.com/article/burgum-trump-interior-secretary-hearing-d6f7303bb2ee395b073dec0d798e608b
#TrumpDepression