A World Defying White House Policy
‘The World Is Moving Forward:’ Global Energy Trends Are Defying Trump’s Climate Agenda
Vivienne Walt, November 14, 2019 (Fortune)
“…[The U.S. president] has railed against the Paris Agreement on climate change, which virtually every country in the world (the U.S. included) signed in 2015 to commit to reining in carbon emissions. He has vowed to boost coal production and bring back coal miners’ jobs. He’s repeatedly expressed his distaste for wind farms, and his White House has sought deep cuts to renewable energy funding…[But this noise ]appears to have little impact on where the U.S. and the world are headed…
…[Rich countries, including the U.S., are] sharply increasing their use of renewable energy, like solar and wind power and electric vehicles, between now and 2040. The world’s use of renewable energy has doubled since 2000 to 1,391 million metric tonnes last year. Even if governments take no action on climate, it will double again to 2,740 million metric tonnes by 2040…[T]here appears to be no saving U.S. coal…” click here for more
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