The US president already manifested against the environmental agenda. This represents a clear setback in everything achieved.
The rise of Donald Trump to the presidency of USA deepens a context of uncertainty for the future of Environmental policies and sustainability in general. Trump, who during his last term tried to reverse a hundred environmental laws and repeatedly dismissed climate change As a “deception”, promises a recoil in the advances achieved in terms of sustainability during the last administration.
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In his campaign, President -elect emphasized the strengthening of the Fossil fuel production with the aim of ensuring the energy independence of the United States. Proposals such as reactivation of oil and gas exploitation in federal lands and the streamlining of permits for Energy infrastructure They seem closer.


The designation of Chris Wright, CEO De Liberty Energy -A company specialized in fracking and natural gas- and known skeptical of climate change to direct the department of energy and the output of the Paris Agreementwithin the group of the first executive orders, confirm the change of look that the current administration has on the subject.
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Chris Wright was appointed to direct the Department of Energy.
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In this line, Trump’s “Project 2025” seeks reverse environmental regulations of the Biden Administration, including the Law on Inflation Reduction (IRA), which fosters clean energy. In addition, it plans to stop subsidies to electric vehicles and reverse energy efficiency standards that, according to it, negatively affect the automotive industry and other traditional sectors. If currently the United States impacts around 14% Global carbon dioxide emissions, distorting efficiency standards can have serious consequences.
The numbers are alarming: according to an analysis of Carbon BriefTrump’s victory could generate 4,000 million tons Additional emission in the United States by 2030, equivalent to the combined annual emissions of the EU and Japan. Clearer: it will cancel all emissions saved by the deployment of wind, solar energy and other clean technologies worldwide in the last five years.
While the context is not favorable, Sustainability will prevail. The commitments assumed by companies are long -term and have only to do with government standards and regulations. Many funds are already invested: there are lithium projects in California, solar plants in TexasBattery and electric cars factories in Georgia.
Almost the 60% of new clean energy projects From 2022 they are in Republican districts that voted to Trump and that will benefit from investments that will contribute more than US $ 400 billion to the US economy.
In recent years, conversations on environmental issues were in the center of the agenda and, unfortunately, they have politicized too much. In the Trump -o era, closer, in the It was Milei– We enter a new stage where The focus will be on the real impact And not in the terminologies that cliché became so much. Meanwhile there is something clear: collective action will be crucial to face the environmental challenges that are coming.
Source: Ambito

I’m a recent graduate of the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism. I started working as a news reporter for 24 Hours World about two years ago, and I’ve been writing articles ever since. My main focus is automotive news, but I’ve also written about politics, lifestyle, and entertainment.