Summary
Trump has announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate accords, citing a focus on domestic energy production and rolling back Biden-era climate policies.
This move, which can be completed in one year, will align the U.S. with nations such as Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only UN-recognized countries outside the global pact.
Critics warn it undermines global climate efforts, ceding leadership to China, which has aggressively expanded green technologies.
Trump pledged to boost fossil fuels while continuing nuclear power investment.
Related, I just went to the comment section of a french-translated video of Trump’s inauguration (admittedly uploaded by a conservative french journal, Le Figaro), and all of the comments were dithyrambic. It’s extremely depressing. Makes you wonder, how can we work against ourselves like that? where are we even going?