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America is Falling Behind On Its Paris Climate Pledge (technologyreview.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: The US remains well behind pace to meet its commitments to cut greenhouse-gas emissions under the landmark Paris climate agreement. Under current policies, the nation will reduce climate pollution between 12 and 20 percent from 2005 levels by 2025, according to a Rhodium Group analysis published today. That's well below the 26 to 28 percent target agreed to under the Paris accords. The report estimates that total emissions between 2020 and 2030 could be 196 million metric tons lower than Rhodium projected last year. That's due to an increase in the number of planned coal plant closures, as well as the falling costs of natural gas, renewables, and electric vehicles. Slower economic growth forecasts were also a factor.
You won't see this because you're an AC and likely aren't even paying attention.. but go and do a deep-dive research into Pence and lots of other Trump appointees, cabinet members, his staff, etc. You'll start to see a pattern. I don't think Trump himself is a Dominionist, but he sure as hell wants to drag us backwards socially to the 1940's, and that's not going to be good for anyone.