President Trump is seeking to overturn Joe Biden's climate policies and strongly promote fossil fuel use instead. In his inauguration speech, he expressed his commitment with the phrase 'We will drill, baby, drill,' which was met with enthusiasm by his supporters and fossil fuel industry advocates. He reinstated a process to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and issued an energy emergency declaration, pausing funding from climate initiatives such as the Inflation Reduction Act. However, significant changes in the energy landscape are unlikely due to the complex nature of these systems and policies enacted by Biden that are harder to reverse.
Trump’s new moves include the declaration of a national energy emergency and a temporary halt on new wind energy projects, aiming to shift federal focus toward fossil fuels.
Despite Trump’s attempts to alter U.S. climate policy, the complexity of the energy system means significant changes cannot happen swiftly, likening it to an ‘aircraft carrier.’
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