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  1. Last 7 days
    1. If an American President, head of the Green Party of the USA, were elected with a mandate to slash emissions

      for - Trump tariffs - lowering carbon emissions?

    1. In the short-term, any decline is likely to have a positive impact on emissions reduction. We saw this effect during the COVID-19 pandemic, when global production and trade fell.

      for -adjacency - economic slowdown - carbon emissions - Trump tariffs

    2. The move has prompted fears of a global economic slowdown. This might seem like a positive for the climate, because greenhouse gas emissions are closely tied to economic growth. However, in the long term, the trade war is bad news for global efforts to cut emissions. It is likely to lead to more energy-intensive goods produced in the US, and dampen international investment in renewable energy projects.

      for - carbon emission impacts of Trump tariffs

    1. for - climate crisis - impacts of Trump tariffs - carbon emission impacts of Trump tariffs

      comment - I'm surprised that not one analyst has commented on the potential slowdown of a possible recession due to lower consumer activity due to the tariffs - Remember the significant lowering of carbon emissions during COVID? - Of course it wouldn't be durable and carbon emissions could rise after Trump and tariffs may no longer be in place but now is a good time to strategize how to decarbonize strategically

  2. Feb 2025
    1. this dude shut down the scam police he just shut down the the number one agency that cracks down on scams he just handcuffed them completely they can't do anything if you were going to run a scam where you and all your Robber Baron buddies made an extra 10 billion bucks by betting on a market crash cuz Trump caused a temporary market crash

      for - potential Trump scam - intentional market crash from Tariffs - Scott Bessent suspends scam police

  3. Sep 2019
    1. One widely circulated report this summer—which appears to have caught Mr. Trump’s attention—estimates that China shed five million industrial jobs, 1.9 million of them directly because of U.S. tariffs, between the beginning of the trade conflict and the end of May this year.