U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord
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U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord
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#2So much opportunity wasted considering China would do more if the US also did more.
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#3As a European this is the main fear I have during this election. 4 more years of inaction from the government of one of the biggest polluters in the world will really bite us in the ass. Not that I’m super proud of how we are doing in my country, but it can’t get worse.
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#4Question: should countries be able to tax imports from countries with more lax environmental laws?
Because that would address the argument about cost and staying competitive.
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#5Question: should countries be able to tax imports from countries with more lax environmental laws? Because that would address the argument about cost and staying competitive.
Then you would be entering into a "trade war" with the United States - which most countries aren't going to be able to do.
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#6As a European this is the main fear I have during this election. 4 more years of inaction from the government of one of the biggest polluters in the world will really bite us in the ass. Not that I’m super proud of how we are doing in my country, but it can’t get worse.
The main fear I have during this election is that Biden wins, he picks up where Obama left waging wars, and once again they flood Europe with "refugees".
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#7The market is doing its best to counter Trump's efforts here, as renewables and storage are dropping faster in price than anybody expected, even the biggest boosters of the tech. We will never build another coal plant in the US. And our energy is getting cheaper, and the grid will get more reliable as we distribute more storage through it.
And fortunately for the environment, Trump's efforts at the DoE to help coal have been staggeringly incompetent and ineffective. But I fear that in the past four years, the administration might have found some lawyers that understand the basics of how executive branches can legally execute given the laws that gave them executive powers.
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#8Question: should countries be able to tax imports from countries with more lax environmental laws? Because that would address the argument about cost and staying competitive.
Then you would be entering into a "trade war" with the United States - which most countries aren't going to be able to do.
China and the EU can, and should. "Polluter pays" should become the standard policy in international trade in numerous other ways, too.
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#9Kinda sorta. The US is likely to officially re-enter the Paris climate accord in 77 days.
Re: U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord
#10As a European this is the main fear I have during this election. 4 more years of inaction from the government of one of the biggest polluters in the world will really bite us in the ass. Not that I’m super proud of how we are doing in my country, but it can’t get worse.
The main fear I have during this election is that Biden wins, he picks up where Obama left waging wars, and once again they flood Europe with "refugees".
Replacement migration has been handled about as poorly as possible.