It was a distinct irony to hear President Donald Trump open his State of the Union address by reciting the litany of climate calamities that the nation survived in 2017.
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| President Trump talked about energy, but only fossil fuels; extreme weather, but not climate change; and jobs and trade, without mentioning the thousands of U.S. solar jobs his tariff plan puts at risk. |
"We endured floods and fires and storms," he said, as he recognized the bravery of public servants who had saved dozens of people trapped in a hurricane and a wildfire.
But he said not a word about the manmade global warming that makes those risks more dangerous year after year. And his only discussion of energy policies made no nod to the clean energy transformation that scientists prescribe to lower greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the risks.
Read the Inside Climate News story by John H. Cushman Jr - “State of the Union: Trump Glorifies Coal, Shuts Eyes to Climate Risks.”
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