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Washington Post climate coverage@postclimate President Trump dismisses climate change as a hoax. He calls federal policies aimed at curbing it a wasteful “Green New Scam.” His administration has worked furiously to gut such policies and unleash unbridled consumption of fossil fuels. But the Trump agenda has inadvertently dealt a sizable blow against global warming. His war on Iran, now in its seventh month, has led to a plunge in the consumption of oil and gas around the world as fighting disrupts production and transportation. Analysts had initially forecast that the shortages would be just a blip in the global economy, with the conflict winding down quickly and fuel exports ramping right back up to where they were. That is not how things are playing out. The shortages have gone on for so long that they are aggressively driving down how much carbon is being released into the atmosphere, a Post analysis of data from the International Energy Agency shows. People worldwide are using significantly less oil and gas, which means less climate pollution. Such an annual decline has not happened since the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more by tapping the link in @postclimate’s bio.
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@melvin__pena failing upward works for once
@aionconsult But it has left in its path depleted Euranium, uncontrolled pollution in the Persian Gulf by shipping being attacked by the US navy, unknown quantity of destruction and war related chemical pollution across cities not to mention all the unexplored munitions and debris across Iran and the region. So before we celebrate just pause and consider all the damage caused
@letthium Now post about the effects of Israel’s genocide in Palestine
@letthium I’m sorry, this is a climate watch page posting this freaking garbage?
@ayand.26 Ohhh the warmongers are happy
@lilphatpat Give him the “Trump Climate Hero Award.”
@nd.lb2 What about all the bombs Russia, Israel and the US are dropping though? Can we bring intelligent synthesis of thought back please.
@pootmagoot95 Just let it go about green house gasses. They aren't harmful and every time you write about the issue you just show yourself as ignorant
@darwin_science There are many things wrong with that graph - but the missing data source is probably the worst. 😒 Given that they have literally blown up refineries and wells, and shipping in international waters has no air quality regulations, and no monitoring, I am very skeptical of this.
@heart.centred.life What about the burning refineries that were bombed?
@lorigough3 UFB No words😡
@mad_agrwl @washingtonpost : Is this your analysis or is it backed by IEA? Where are the numbers sourced from?
@__xvii.n what is this data based on??? anyone?
@sonicchill53124 Yeah… At least for the moment, we as humans do well when nature does bad, and the opposite is also true.