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Trump and Biden are not the same (heated.world)
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tl;dr:

....neither a Biden presidency nor Trump presidency would put the U.S. on track to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, the benchmark needed to prevent catastrophic warming of over 1.5 degrees Celsius

As alarming as that is, however, it does not mean that Biden and Trump are the same...

...a Trump administration would still add an additional 4 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere by 2030 compared to a Biden administration, according to Carbon Brief’s analysis.

That additional 4 billion tons could add more than $900 billion in global climate damages compared to Biden, the study’s authors claim.

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[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is precisely why I don’t like either of them. I suspect trump is worse for our environment. One of trump’s admin, Betsy was also bad for student loan debt, which also was a government fuck up.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You SUSPECT the guy who told everyone at a fossil fuel conference that he'd roll back environmental protections if they gave him money is worse than the guy who passed some of the strongest climate policies in US history?

[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today -2 points 4 months ago

Any one with their take is a troll.