Sunday, 1 October 2023

No 280: USA and EU, Very Different Green Policies

 THE USA has just announced over $1 billion of government funding for tree planting schemes across the country. The money is part of Joe Biden's "Inflation Reduction Act", which has made hundreds of billions of dollars of funding and subsidies available for green uses.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/14/tree-planting-us-climate-crisis

Meanwhile, in a similar move to those by Richi Sunak last week, the European Union has pushed back new stricter air pollution limits from 2030 to 2035, in what environmentalists have caused a "lifeline for dirty cars".

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/eu-air-pollution-limits-2035

What do you think: do you agree with the Biden administration that net zero should happen as quickly as possible (and that being first will have economic advantages), or with the UK and EU that some policies need to be delayed to avoid high costs, especially for consumers and households?

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