What Trump’s Victory Means for Climate Change

and The fight against climate change has taken a body blow with the election of Donald J. Trump, who calls global warming a scam and has promised to erase federal efforts to reduce the pollution that is heating the planet. Mr. Trump told a jubilant crowd Wednesday that the United States, which signed a , will instead amp up oil production even beyond current record levels. We have more liquid gold than any country in the world, said the president-elect, who won with substantial from the oil and gas industry. More than Saudi Arabia. We have more than Russia. But Mr. Trumps zeal to repeal the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, the landmark climate law that is pouring more than $390 billion into electric vehicles, batteries and other clean energy technology, will quickly face a political test. Roughly 80 percent of the money spent so far , where lawmakers and business leaders want to protect that investment and the jobs they bring. And voters in some states approved policies to fight climate change, setting up tension between states that want to accelerate climate action and an incoming federal administration that intends to slow it down. In Washington State, voters upheld an to force polluters to cap their fossil fuel emissions. In California, voters backed a ballot initiative to create a $10 billion climate bond for climate and environmental projects. We are having trouble retrieving the article content. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and your Times account, or for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? . Want all of The Times? .