Report: Trump policies could add 1.8B gigatons of greenhouse gases

Environmental rule changes under the administration of President Donald Trump, shown speaking at the White House Thursday, could result in 1.8 gigatons of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere by 2035, a new report released Thursday said. Photo by Alex Edelman/UPI | Sept. 18 (UPI) — The Trump administration’s unraveling of Obama -era environmental rules could lead to the release of an additional 1.8 billion gigatons of greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, according to a new examination released Thursday by the Rhodium Group. The independent research firm said the extra release of the carbon dioxide is equivalent to one-third of all greenhouse emissions pumped into the atmosphere in 2019 and could speed up global warming. Advertisement “While some of these moves remain mired in legal uncertainty, the Trump administration has successfully unraveled the majority of Obama-era climate policies, including the Clean Power Plan, fuel economy standards for passenger vehicles, and efforts to curb potent greenhouse gases from refrigerants and air conditioning.” The White House in August eased regulations preventing methane leakage from oil and gas facilities, the firm said. The Trump administration had been fighting to prevent California from creating its own emissions standards, which would be stricter than once […]

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