Jump in US greenhouse gas pollution pushed global emissions higher – report
‘Abrupt shift’ in policy since Trump took office will have major consequences for climate crisis, forecast saysA jump in greenhouse gas pollution in the US helped push global emissions higher in the first half of this year. This could be an omen of what’s to come, with Donald Trump’s...
<p>‘Abrupt shift’ in policy since Trump took office will have major consequences for climate crisis, forecast says</p><p>A jump in greenhouse gas <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/pollution">pollution</a> in the US helped push global <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/carbon-emissions">emissions</a> higher in the first half of this year. This could be an omen of what’s to come, with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s pro-fossil fuel agenda set to significantly slow down the emissions cuts required to avoid disastrous climate impacts, a new forecast has found.</p><p>The “most abrupt shift in energy and climate policy in recent memory” that has occurred since Trump re-entered the White House will have profound consequences for the global <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis">climate crisis</a> by slowing the pace of US emissions cuts by as much as half the rate achieved over the past two decades, <a href="https://rhg.com/research/taking-stock-2025/">the Rhodium Group forecast states</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/10/us-greenhouse-gas-emissions">Continue reading...</a>
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