Trump just proposed ending all federal clean energy development

[Coyotl]

Trump just proposed ending all federal clean energy development
He’d end all research on solar, wind, efficiency, batteries, clean cars, and climate science, too.

In the last week, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to zero out all federal spending on clean energy research and development. And the plan he released would also zero out all other spending on anything to do with climate change, including the government’s entire climate science effort.

You may have missed this bombshell because team Trump did not spell out these cuts overtly. In a campaign where the media has “utterly failed to convey the policy stakes in the election,” as Vox’s Matt Yglesias explained recently, it appears only Bloomberg BNA bothered to follow up with the campaign to get at the truth of Trump’s radical proposal.

Polling guru Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com fame gives Trump a one in three chance of becoming president. So I agree with Yglesias that we ought to seriously look at the implications of Trump’s proposals — especially since if Trump wins, he’s all but certain to have a GOP-controlled Congress to back him

In announcing his “New Deal For Black America” on October 26, Trump promised:

“I will also cancel all wasteful climate change spending from Obama-Clinton, including all global warming payments to the United Nations. ............

[Foggyhill]

1. Leave the future to China and the rest of the world....

When coal, gas and oil runs out, we can all beg them for their help... That's the way to go for Trumpo.

[Coyotl]

2. Here's How A Trump Presidency Would Accelerate The Pace Of Climate Change

Here's How A Trump Presidency Would Accelerate The Pace Of Climate Change

President Obama recently told a crowd that the “fate of the world” is at risk if Donald Trump wins the presidency next week. In many ways, he’s right – just look at how the two candidates for the Oval Office differ when it comes to tackling climate change.

Clinton has a plan that, although imperfect, will martial the power of the US to cut its carbon footprint. Conversely, Trump will actively pump 3.4 billion tonnes (3.7 billion tons) more carbon dioxide into the sky if he serves two terms, according to an independent analysis by Lux Research.

That’s equivalent to six times the entire carbon footprint of Canada, a huge difference by any standards.

“As independent analysts, we don’t endorse candidates, but the data and analysis clearly show that energy policy and the resulting emissions will go in very different directions under Clinton and Trump,” Yuan-Sheng Yu, a Lux Research analyst, said in a statement.

“Climate change hasn’t been front-and-center in media coverage of this election but voters should be aware of the implications of their choice on this important issue.”

The calculations were based on the two energy policy plans both candidates have put forward this year. ...............

[Panich52]

3. Supporting all energy that's most damaging to environment

and to climate change was part of his big "policy speech." I was disappointed coverage focused on his anti-Hillary prologue instead of his mostly abhorrent policy plans.

He wants to destroy our education system by pushing, and funding, "choice" incld gov money to religious schools.

He'd eliminate 2 regulations for every one proposed. So goodbye EPA, OSHA...

While pushing that he's intellectually & temperamentally unfit is decent strategy, where's the conversation about how regressive & destructive his policies are (foreign relations problems not withstanding)?

[Cha]

4. Yes, drumpfuck keep digging.

[hatrack]

5. And let's not forget precious, wonderful COAL!

Red-white-and-blue COAL, which whistles "God Bless 'Murca" as it's shot into the powerplant firebox!