Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement will not hurt the climate – Watt?

Chris Johnson

President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement. A tip to collapse the left wing.

Although everyone knows that the withdrawal is coming, the left and the “international community” are still condemning the United States' alleged abdication under the climate.

But the toothless protocol wearing an international summit and photo OPS is different from leadership. The truth is that the United States has led the world to reduce emissions for years, not because of the Paris Agreement, but because innovation and free markets have promoted the deployment of cheaper, cleaner energy.

Let's review the records.

In recent decades, the United States has achieved unprecedented and unexpected energy production due to fracturing and horizontal drilling. U.S. natural gas production has doubled since these twin technologies began to be deployed more widely in the early 2000s. By 2016, gas wells entering hydraulic cracks through horizontal drilling accounted for nearly 70% of all oil and gas wells.

While the left may catch the pearl in increasing production of fossil fuels, such as natural gas, this clean energy has been the main driver of the reduction in U.S. emissions.

Over the past 15 years, the United States has increased its natural gas production significantly and has emitted more than any other country. We can see this year.

For example, from 2022 to 2023, the United States offsets dirtier coal energy with natural gas. As coal power generation fell by 121.9 hours during that period, natural gas increased by 118.9 tons. Meanwhile, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.9%. It is worth noting that 80% of U.S. carbon emission reductions are driven by the power sector – exactly where natural gas has a huge impact.

Please note, what will not cause these emissions to be reduced? Paris Agreement. The U.S. energy sector (powered by innovation and ancient free market economics) has been pushing carbon emissions cheaply and effectively before the Paris Agreement flashed in the eyes of climate activists. It will continue to reduce carbon emissions long after President Trump's decision to withdraw troops.

The Paris Agreement is far from the magic pill that some activists claim to stay away from. It is not even a particularly effective tool for the gathering countries to achieve greater climate success. In the middle of the alleged climate-conscious Biden administration, none of the world's largest transmitters, including the United States, have reduced emissions based on Paris' targets. Obviously, the $1 trillion regulatory and subsidized regime established by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act has little responsibility. Proponents forget what agreement is that there is no high-profile international agreement that can make the command control strategy work, or instill other countries with ambitions to fulfill their empty promises.

The Paris Agreement is the definition of bureaucratic failure, meetings, busyness and lofty goals. Its only achievement is to make climate ideology and green planes feel good about themselves when they fly to international conferences.

No wonder President Trump withdrew. Talk is cheap. What matters is success. On that metric, the Trump administration will actually achieve that the signatories of the Paris Agreement only write on paper.

Trump entered the office and promised to regulate the fossil fuel industry, increase permits for natural gas extraction, approve the construction of energy facilities such as natural gas export terminals, and rebuild the U.S. energy advantages.

By leaning towards the U.S. carbon advantage and exporting clean U.S. energy abroad, he will boost U.S. economy by replacing dirty energy in countries like Russia and Venezuela with a clean U.S. alternative, while at home and abroad, lower emissions Nor at home and abroad, without having to make the Biden era green agenda price tag. We should combine these steps with efforts to hold the biggest polluters accountable (President Trump’s cabinet is discussing). This approach would be the opposite of the Paris Agreement's enduring American strategy.

Of course, some urge President Trump to go further than just withdraw from the Paris Agreement but also from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This seems to be an easy choice, as UNFCCC, like many UN bodies, is contrary to the interests of the United States. But that's why the United States must remain in the International Bureau.

Whether to participate in the United States will form a climate treaty and UN intelligence will continue to operate as a forum for these negotiations. Stay with the United Nations Corporation (UNFCCC), in the case of allowing Trump and his appointed people to sit at the table, hold irresponsible and offset any deals that would put the United States at a disadvantage. While the United Nations Convention may be harmful, there is nothing left to do with the Paris Agreement.

Respiratory shock evacuated from the Paris Agreement was exaggerated. When President Trump withdrew from the Paris climate agreement in his first administration, the United States continued to lower carbon emissions to its lowest level in 25 years. Relocate the power of natural gas in the second term and he will do it again.

So we should remind everyone, not the United Nations and international climate activists, that if you want to put climate first, you should actually put the United States first.

Chris Johnson is a Republican strategist who organizes the next generation of conservative leaders. He also serves as a senior advisor to the National Federation of College Republicans, focusing on energy issues.

This article was originally published by RealClearenergy and is provided by Realclearwire.

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