He’ll try, but Trump can’t stop the clean energy revolution » Yale Climate Connections

Donald Trump has promised to rescind the remaining funding in Joe Biden’s landmark climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act , or IRA.

The law provides thousands of dollars for household to switch to electric appliances like a heat pump, install solar panels, and buy an electric car.

But plenty of climate action would be very difficult for a second Trump administration to unravel.

$150 billion of new investment in green economy since it was passed in 2022 could create 160,000 jobs.

Before Biden ’s signature climate legislation passed, much more progress was happening at a state and local level.

New York , for instance, set a goal to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030 , and 85 percent by 2050 .

Climate progress has been unfolding on so many fronts for so many years that it will persist regardless of who occupies the White House .

“This too shall pass, and hopefully we will be in a more favorable policy environment in four years ,” Hausfather said.

Only 28% of U.S. residents regularly hear about climate change in the media, but 77% want to know more.