Как Тръмп може неволно да намали въглеродните емисии
Президентът Тръмп изрази дребен интерес към битката против изменението на климата. One of his key cabinet officials has even sought to evaluate whether humanity benefits from a warming climate, in a bid to undermine environmental rules.
Yet even as he works to accelerate oil and gas production, Mr. Trump’s economic approach may inadvertently reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as consumption slows in response to a global trade war.
Всяко възобновяване на планетата обаче би било малко. Over the longer term, tanking the economy with tit-for-tat tariffs is likely to impede progress, because of how much clean energy deployment depends on overseas supply chains and because voters are less likely to support climate policy when they’re financially stressed.
Carbon emissions, largely a byproduct of going places and making things, have always been tethered to e...
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