Carbon emissions up as Trump agenda rolls back climate change work

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Source: The Guardian

A new analysis shows US greenhouse gas levels are increasing as the Trump administration unravels efforts to slow climate change.

Carbon emissions rose sharply last year, increasing 3.4%, according to new estimates from the economic firm Rhodium Group. That year’s jump in emissions is the biggest since the bounce back from the recession in 2010. It is the second largest gain in more than two decades.

Coal plants are shutting down, but electricity demand is growing. Natural-gas fired power emits about half as much carbon as coal but still contributes to climate change. The fossil fuel is replacing most of the coal plants that are closing and also fed most of the higher demand, increasing power-sector climate pollution. Outside of the power sector, transportation, industry and buildings all increased their emissions as well, according to the estimates.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/08/carbon-emissions-trump-agenda-climate-change

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1. The planet is screaming!

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2. Trump is not only destroying democracy, but the planet as well.

And purposely, not via ignorance as all the science is there for them and they willfully ignore it.

Just realized, that the word "ignorance" is built from the same root as ignore. I know ignorance isn't stupidity, but actual lack of knowledge. Willful ignorance is conscious choice and therefore evil in this case.