Trump’s climate ignorance won’t derail global efforts

It’s unlikely a Donald Trump presidency could completely counter the Inflation Reduction Act’s achievements or federal spending on energy and climate-related issues.

As mega-hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated much of the southeastern U.S. a month ago, Donald Trump talked of the climate emergency as ‘one of the greatest scams of all time.’Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

October 31, 2024

LONDON, U.K.—Nobody knows who will win the U.S. election on Nov. 5, but it is clear that Donald Trump has at least an even chance of returning to the White House for the next four years.

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