How Trump's Energy Plan Could Actually Benefit the Environment

Authored by Diana Furchtgott-Roth via RealClearEnergy, At the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Azerbaijan, attendees are full of dire predictions that the world’s climate will worsen under President-elect Trump. But when Trump fulfills his campaign promises to increase U.S. oil and gas production and removes President Biden’s pause on new liquid natural gas exports, global emissions will likely decline rather than rise. This is because exports of U.S. natural gas generally displace coal, reducing global CO2 emissions. Even…