Trump’s legacy on climate
Coral Davenport, who has covered climate change policy in the U.S. over three administrations, wrote about the profound impact that President Trump has had in hobbling the fight against global warming. Here’s an excerpt from what she wrote in our Climate Fwd: newsletter.
Washington is poised for another 180 on climate change. Having covered climate change policy since the George W. Bush administration, though, I’m used to whiplash.
Mr. Bush withdrew the United States from the Kyoto Protocol, the world’s first global climate treaty. Then his successor, Barack Obama, spent his two terms assuring the world that the United States was back, and ultimately helped to forge a new global climate accord in Paris. President Trump followed, pulling out of the Paris agreement and reversing many of Mr. Obama’s environmental protections. Now, President-elect Joe Biden says he’ll recommit to the Paris accord on Inauguration Day.
The New York Times
