During the election campaign, the climate issue has been overshadowed by issues such as the corona pandemic and racial conflicts - but the subject was discussed in the latest debate between the two presidential candidates.
- Climate change, global warming, is a threat to humanity.
I want to leave the oil industry, said Biden.
Trump responded by warning Texas voters that his opponents want to take away one of their largest industries:
- What he says is that he intends to crush the oil industry.
Think about it, Texas.
"The United States has a lot to catch up on"
- If a Biden administration comes to power in January, it will try to strengthen the US international influence and make the US a leader in the climate issue, says energy expert Dallas Burtraw from the non-profit organization Resources for the Future, and continues:
- But honestly, the US has a lot to catch up on, especially since the EU has taken a leading place in the field.
During Trump's time in the White House, he has, among other things, torn up 64 climate laws and left the Paris Agreement.
The United States is now last on the Climate Performance Index list of climate change performance.
However, the Dallas Burtraw emphasizes that most of the environmental laws that Trump has torn up have not gained legal force in the country's courts:
- Trump's measures to tear up what Obama has done have not been so successful.
An administration usually gets through 80-90 percent of its bills.
Trump has only passed 16 percent of the proposals that have been taken to court.