Grote vragen voor de VS: Klimaatbeleid, energie en de Amerikaanse economie

New federal permits for LNG export terminals should be paused given their long-term lock-in of fossil fuel infrastructure.

The Inflation Reduction Act's clean energy investments should be protected — rolling them back would set US decarbonisation back by a decade.

The EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions must be maintained against legislative attempts to restrict it.

Federal agricultural subsidies should be substantially reoriented toward low-emissions and regenerative farming practices.

The federal government should create a carbon border adjustment mechanism to prevent carbon leakage from countries without equivalent climate policies.

States should not be permitted to block federally authorised clean energy infrastructure on their territory for political rather than technical reasons.

The United States should meet its nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement and fund it fully.