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Trump 2.0: The climate cannot survive another Trump term
(thehill.com)
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this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2023
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As someone who isn't from that country, the climate can't survive more USA, who's running it doesn't seem to make much difference.
(Not that they're the only country causing this global disaster of course, just the one highlighted in this post)
From another outsiders perspective the difference seems to be that the Democrats invest in green technologies, whereas the Republicans do not. Both support fossil fuels thou.
Pretty much that. It's a nice thing that I have electric vehicles running from my roof and renewables and an extremely energy efficient house with a heatpump while millions of US citizens cool down what are basically cardboard boxes to comfy temperatures in summer while driving their personal trucks to the next supermarket 30km away.