Trump administration would put ‘robust emphasis’ on fossil fuels

Donald Trump would once again pull the U.S. out of global climate commitments and negotiations under the 2015 Paris Accord, recently calling it a 'rip-off of the United States.'

Both the U.S. presidential contender, Donald Trump, left, and Canada’s potential new prime minister, Pierre Poilievre, have a record of downplaying the seriousness of climate change and favouring the interests of the oil and gas industry, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

August 1, 2024

TORONTO—If there was any lingering doubt that climate change poses a huge risk—and a rising cost—to Canada, the devastating fire in Jasper, Alta., should convince even the most adamant deniers that climate change is real and will not go away. Its impact will become wo...

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