While climate change was hardly addressed during the State of the Union by President Trump, a few blocks away from the Capitol Building, the Navy is thinking about building a more than 4 meters high floodwall costing 20 million US dollars around the Washington Navy Yard. This to cope with the rising sea levels caused by climate change. Climate change is a sideshow for Trump.
Climate Change: A Sideshow Of The State Of The Union
Instead of addressing climate change, President Trump mainly addressed: national security, immigration, infrastructure, works, and health care. President Trump was proud to announce that the fossil fuel boost in production in the US was close to a ‘revolution.’ The US - according to president Trump's words – was now the number one producer of oil and gas globally. He forgot to tell what the consequences are from these fossil fuels and climate change.
The US experienced under the presidency of President Trump billion-dollar disaster. Fires, droughts, hurricanes, and floods causing a massive human and economic toll. Thousands of people are still homeless, thousands died.
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The United States Also Have To Deal With Climate Change
Even President Trump's advisors are saying that climate risks are rising. More than 10 federal agencies concluded that the whole country is at risk. According to the World Assessment report from top intelligence officials released in January 2019, climate change poses an enormous risk.
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The US has to deal with challenges like human displacement, health threats, negative effects of environmental degradation, and yes, climate change.
The State of the Union would have been a great platform to admit that many US citizens already suffer from climate change. Unfortunately, it got not addressed. Fortunately, the boom in renewables and, therefore, jobs are on the rise. The left is looking for a 'New Green Deal,’ and the Republicans are looking for a carbon tax to cut greenhouse gasses.
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Climate change was hardly addressed at the State of the Union, but some people in the audience tried to clarify to the people who watched the State of the Union that climate change should be on top of the list of issues where the US has to deal. Today!
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