Ice ice baby

28 March 2017 By Richard Beales Follow @richardbeales1

The president says man-made global warming is a hoax and he’s set to reduce its role in U.S. energy policy. Scientists, consumers, his military and, increasingly, investors disagree. They’re well armed to do battle with fresh polar-ice data and advancements in renewable power.

This content is for Subscribers only

To access full Breakingviews.com content you must be a subscriber. Please use the following link to request a trial.

Context News

U.S. President Donald Trump will on March 28 sign an executive order to undo a slew of former-President Barack Obama's climate-change regulations. The main target is Obama's Clean Power Plan, a centerpiece initiative to combat climate change requiring states to slash emissions of carbon dioxide, part of the effort to meet U.S. commitments under the climate accord reached among nearly 200 countries in Paris in December 2015. It was never implemented due to legal challenges from several Republican-led states.

Trump has called man-made climate change a "hoax."

Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its annual maximum extent on March 7, the lowest maximum in the 38-year satellite record, the National Snow & Ice Data Center reported on March 22.

And on March 3, sea ice around Antarctica hit its lowest extent ever recorded by satellites at the end of the southern-hemisphere summer, a surprising turn of events after decades of moderate sea-ice expansion, NASA said.

Record percentages of Americans are concerned about global warming, believe it is occurring, consider it a serious threat and say it is caused by human activity, Gallup reported on March 14. Fifty percent of the U.S. population now comprises what the polling firm calls "concerned believers," Gallup said on March 27, up from 47 percent a year ago and 37 percent in 2015.

Email a friend

Please complete the form below.

Required fields *