Biden just set a new climate goal. Trump and other obstacles await | the United States would aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by between 61 and 66 percent by 2035 compared with 2005 levels.

silence7@slrpnk.net · 3 days ago

jol · 2 days ago

Does any measures implemented now have any teeth whatsoever? Trump can repel them all in one swoop right?

silence7@slrpnk.net · 2 days ago

This doesn’t have measures; it’s designed to create a situation where other countries are inclined to penalize the US for not meeting this goal.

jol · 2 days ago

Which countries ever had the balls to penalize the US? Does that ever happen?

silence7@slrpnk.net · 2 days ago

The EU and China have both done it repeatedly when it makes sense for them.