Within hours of the oath on Monday, President Donald Trump announced a series of executive orders and policies to enhance oil and gas production, decline in environmental protection measures, withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, and to retreat from environmental justice initiatives enacted by former President Joe. Biden.
Trump described climate change as “trickAnd a specific oil Manager of industry and skeptics in the climate to his government. On the first day, his actions are a complete reformulation of the climate agenda in the country, and the path that his administration will follow in dealing with energy and the environment over the next four years is determined.
“Dig, my dear, dug.”‘
Among the most important measures that Trump took on Monday was the declaration of “energy emergency”, which he set as part of his efforts to curb inflation and reduce the costs of living. he pledge To “use all the resources needed to build vital infrastructure”, which is an unprecedented step It can be given the White House A greater salad to expand the production of fossil fuels. He also signed an executive order “b Encouraging energy exploration and production On land and federal waters, including the external continental shelf. ” Speck to allow and lease in AlaskaIncluding the National Wildlife Reserve in the Arctic.
“We will have the largest amount of oil and gas compared to any country on earth, and we will use it,” Trump said during his speech. The opening address. “We will dig, my dear, dig.”
The American strategic oil reserve can store 714 million barrels of crude oil, but it currently includes about 395 million. He said that under his administration, the cache “again to the top.” He also said that his country will export energy “all over the world.”
“We will be a rich nation again, and this liquid gold under our feet will help us,” he said while standing inside the round hall in the Capitol.
Richard Klein, a senior research colleague at the Stockholm Institute for International Non -profit environment, indicated that fossil fuel companies extract him Standard quantities of oil and gas During the Biden administration. Even if technologically it is possible to enhance production more, it is unclear whether this will reduce prices.
Dan Kamin, a professor of energy at the University of California, Berkeley, said that the saying that the increase in fossil fuel extract would lead to low inflation is a “direct lie”. He agreed that the United States must declare a national energy emergency – but for reasons exactly the opposite of what was in Trump’s mind. “We need to move quickly towards clean energy and invest in new companies throughout the United States,” Kamin said.
Exit from the Paris Agreement (again)
Trump has fulfilled his promise again Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement for the year 2015It is the Charter of the United Nations, which was approved by 195 countries to reduce the global global action, which the new president referred to on Monday as a “fraud”. In addition to signing an executive order he says The United States will withdraw from the agreement – Entitled “The situation of America first in international environmental agreements” – Trump also signed a message to the United Nations to start the departure process. Given the rules governing the agreement, it will take One year To officially withdraw, which means that American negotiators will participate in the next round of the talks in Brazil at the end of the year. However, by this time next year, the United States can join Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries that are not part of the agreement.
“It is simply, it is not logical that the United States would voluntarily abandon its political influence and miss opportunities to form an explosive green energy market,” said Annie Diasjopta, President and CEO of the World Non -profit Institute. He said in a statement. Only 2 of every 10 Americans support the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, according to a reconnaissance By Associated Press.
Trump’s announcement came just 10 days after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the year 2024 is the world year of Earth. The most hot year everAnd one was marked Life -threatening heat wavesForest and flood fires around the world. Experts say things will get worse unless the United States and other countries make more efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“A large part of the texture of life on Earth is at risk” Climate scientists wrote Last October. They indicated at the time, even before Trump’s election, that global policies are expected to cause temperatures to rise by 2.7 degrees Celsius (6.9 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100. Carbon brief analysis It was estimated that the second Trump administration will lead to an additional 4 billion metric tons of climate pollution, eliminating all emissions savings caused by the global publication of clean energy technologies over the past five years – more than weakness.
Reverse the path on electric cars
Trump also took measures for Cancel “electric vehicle delegation” Watching with the promise of his campaign to support auto workers.
He said during his inauguration speech: “In other words, you will be able to buy the car you choose,” although there is No national mandate The sale of electric cars and consumers requires freedom to buy any vehicle as they wish. The Biden Technology Administration has promoted by putting the finishing touches on the rules that limit the amount Exhaust pollution over time Electric cars are the majority of cars sold by 2032. During the Biden era, the United States also launched a commercial project Tax credit worth $ 7,500 For locally manufactured consumer purchases and planned to be directed almost 7.5 billion dollars Towards building the shipping infrastructure throughout the country.
“The retreat from the incentives for manufacturing electric cars in the United States will cost jobs, as well as raising travel prices,” said Costa Samaras, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, who served as a senior policy leaders in the United States. White House Biden. “Providing the electric car with fuel costs between one and a half and a half the cost of driving with gasoline, not to mention the benefits of reducing air pollution. Ultimately, to reduce energy prices for American consumers, we need to diversify the energy sources that we use and ensure that they are clean and reasonable prices.
Cancellation of environmental justice initiatives
Trump Signed Returning about 80 Biden Administration initiatives, including canceling the direction of federal agencies to integrate environmental justice into its tasks. Biden’s reign policy has protected pollution and directed agencies to work more closely with them.
This step was part of a broader campaign that Trump described as an attempt to create a “society with colors blind” by preventing the government from “attempting to geometry and sex socially in every aspect of public and private life.” Klein said the goal was “embarrassing.” Kamin said it was a “fatal mistake” to move away from the priorities of environmental justice.
Withhold the new wind energy
Trump is officially The new marine wind lease contracts were prevented He will review the federal permits for wind energy projects, and to fulfill his promise to “end the rental of huge wind farms that lead to the deterioration of our landscape and fail to serve US energy consumers.” This step is likely to face resistance from his party members. the The highest four winds of wind generation Texas, Iowa, Akllahoma, and Kansas – have a strong red color, and it is unlikely to be acquired. Even Trump’s choice of the position of Minister of Interior, Doug Burjoom, He refused to disavow wind energy During a hearing last week, saying that he would follow the energy strategy “all of the above”.
Many policy makers at the state and local levels, including the American IS All In, pledged a climate alliance consisting of government leaders and companies from all 50 states, to take over the climate work cloak in the absence of federal leadership.
“Regardless of the actions of the federal government, mayors will not back down from our commitment to the Paris Agreement,” said Mayor Kate Galligo. In a statement. “Our voters are looking forward to us to face this moment and provide meaningful solutions.”
