Agricultural Economics Department

 

Date of this Version

2-24-2021

Citation

Cornhusker Economics, February 24, 2021

https://agecon.unl.edu/cornhuskereconomics

Comments

Copyright 2021 University of Nebraska.

Abstract

President Obama had an aggressive climate plan that included regulation of carbon emissions from power plants. Hillary Clinton would have continued with aggressive policies to slow and reverse global warming but was defeated by Donald Trump in 2016. President Trump sought to undo most of President Obama’s climate policies and pursued a fossil-fuel friendly energy and climate policy. The 2020 election of President Biden marks a resumption of ambitious policies to slow and ultimately reverse global warming. This newsletter identifies three major policies the Biden administration is expected to pursue and attempts to explain what policy implication might look like.

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