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What has the US administration done in the past 4 years to make a significant impact on the global warming issue?
by diath 2y ago
What has the US administration done in the past 4 years to make a significant impact on the global warming issue?
- 0xdde 2y agoI know you can't be serious, but are you also trying to imply that the incoming administration, staffed from top to bottom with oil industry insiders, won't affect our trajectory?
- throw_pm23 2y agoI think it was a serious question that was relevant to the conversation.
- glial 2y ago* Inflation Reduction Act (IRA): largest federal investment in climate action to date, allocating over $391 billion to reduce carbon emissions. * Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: investments in public transit and infrastructure, promoting sustainable transportation and reducing emissions. * Methane Emissions Reduction: EPA introduced regulations to curb methane emissions from the oil and gas industry * Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Phase-Down: EPA issued a final rule to reduce HFC production and consumption by 85% over 15 years * Rejoining the Paris Agreement * Climate Finance Pledge: the administration pledged to increase international climate finance to over $11 billion annually by 2024 * National Climate Task Force: established to coordinate a whole-of-government approach to tackling the climate crisis, aiming for net-zero emissions by 2050.
- krainboltgreene 2y ago$391B over ten years. The total sum of this effort is less than 2% of our GDP. UNCTAD says it'll take 18% of 48 countries GDP (distributed appropriately).