Trump likened to a 'wrecking ball' for climate action - but the damage may be less than feared
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Donald Trump, who has long called climate change as a "hoax", is to waste no time in his plans to strip nature protections, ban wind turbines and drain every last drop of oil from US soil. Some have likened him to a "wrecking ball" for climate action. But perhaps things won't be as bad as they fear.
Yes, he has vowed to stop new "windmills" - his disdaining term for wind turbines - from being built offshore "from day one", despite it being among the cheapest energy sources in the US. And, yes, he wants to gut environmental rules, roll back Joe Biden's landmark green legislation that unleashed billions of clean energy incentives (the Inflation Reduction Act or IRA), and unplug all the stops on US "liquid gold" - oil.
His actions will reverberate well beyond US borders, too. Team MAGA is also expected to wrench America out of the landmark Paris Agreement once again, which he says "kills the American economy". Dale Vince's ex-wife gets more than £40m in divorce - but he says she could have had more.
BP to cut 4,700 jobs and 3,000 contractor roles from its global workforce. Heathrow Airport reveals record year for passenger numbers - prompting climate warning from 'speechless' campaigners. It's the world's biggest global climate treaty, which has helped drastically lower global warming, and which Mr Biden swiftly re-joined.
