If the US elects Donald Trump as President of the United States, the country will emit 3.4 billion more tonnes of carbon emissions than if his rival Hillary Clinton should win. Lux Research has predicted that estimated emissions would be 16% higher with a Trump presidency after two terms, due to his commitment to cancelling current president Obama’s Clean Power Plan and to withdrawing from the Paris agreement. The report also predicts that Trump’s policies on climate change could lead to an increase in extreme weather events such as hurricanes, droughts, floods and heat waves, which are expected to become more frequent under Trump.
If the US elects Donald Trump as President of the United States, the country will emit 3.4 billion more tonnes of carbon emissions than if his rival Hillary Clinton should win. Lux Research has predicted that estimated emissions would be 16% higher with a Trump presidency after two terms, due to his commitment to cancelling current president Obama’s Clean Power Plan and to withdrawing from the Paris agreement. Clinton plans to deploy enough solar power to support every home in the US, and to use natural gas as a transition between fossil fuel to renewable energy.