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Donald Trump was asked (twice) if he’d do anything on climate. He dodged.
(www.motherjones.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
Yep, 'here'. As we all know, Trump is well-known for constructing comprehensible sentences. The best comprehensible sentences.
It's also just ridiculous that this statement, even if true, would satisfy anyone.
Even if the numbers were "the best ever", it's clearly not good enough to get us out of this climate crisis. So at best he's saying he's unable to do enough