How Trump and Harris Compare on Climate Change [Video]

The upcoming presidential election will have significant implications for climate change policy, with former President Donald J. Trump planning to roll back environmental regulations and expand oil and gas production if re-elected.

Trump has pledged to approve nearly all permits for oil drilling—referred to by him as “liquid gold under our feet”—on public lands and waters, maintain coal plant operations, and streamline the process for building gas pipelines. According to a study by the climate analysis site Carbon Brief, these actions would add greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to putting an additional billion cars on the road.

Vice President Kamala Harris, on the other hand, is expected to continue federal support for clean energy and work towards reducing emissions.

Since her time as a U.S. senator from California and her 2019 presidential run, Harris has moderated her positions. Back then, she co-sponsored a nonbinding resolution advocating for a Green New Deal, which aimed to transition the electric grid to 100% clean energy within …