{"id":985133,"date":"2021-11-08T14:13:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T19:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=985133"},"modified":"2021-11-08T14:13:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T19:13:46","slug":"obama-takes-credit-for-emissions-reductions-under-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-takes-credit-for-emissions-reductions-under-trump-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Takes Credit For Emissions Reductions Under Trump Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-takes-credit-for-emissions-reductions-under-trump-administration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=985133&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama took credit for the greenhouse gas emissions reductions that occurred under the Trump administration during a speech Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Obama explained that U.S. emissions declined since he left office despite the presence of former President Donald Trump&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc-cop26.streamworld.de\/webcast\/remarks-by-president-barack-obama-former-president\">during his remarks<\/a> delivered at the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/05\/rwanda-united-nations-cop26-greta-thunberg-climate-change\/\">United Nations climate conference<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/01\/russia-china-joe-biden-united-nations-climate-conference\/\">taking place<\/a> in Glasgow, Scotland. Investment from the federal government made before Trump took office and efforts from state and local governments pushed clean energy development forward in the U.S., he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe determination of our state and local governments, along with the regulations and investment that my administration had already put in place, allowed our country to keep moving forward despite hostility from the (Trump) White House,\u201d Obama remarked. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/30\/united-states-paris-accords-donald-trump-joe-biden-emissions\/\">(RELATED: Here\u2019s How America Reduced Emissions More Than Any Other Major Country Despite Leaving The Paris Accords)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite four years of active hostility toward climate science coming from the very top of our federal government, the American people managed to still meet our original commitment under the Paris Agreement,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: US Former President Barack Obama COP26 speech\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v8dD_WHafo0?start=900&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The former president said that the $90 billion investment his administration made in renewables in 2009 helped \u201cjumpstart\u201d the U.S. clean energy industry. Businesses and consumers quickly adapted to renewables because of his policies, the former president said.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Trump administration rolled back emissions requirements for auto makers and cut regulations related to efficiency standards, the U.S. economy managed to \u201cstay the course,\u201d Obama continued.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have declined 3.7% even as energy output has increased 14% since 2015 when Obama signed the <a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/sites\/default\/files\/english_paris_agreement.pdf\">Paris climate accords<\/a> along with most world leaders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/countries\/united-states\">according<\/a> to International Energy Agency (IEA) data. The Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov\/articles\/president-trump-announces-u-s-withdrawal-paris-climate-accord\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pulled the U.S. out<\/a> of the agreement shortly after taking office in early 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Obama criticized Trump at the time, saying the U.S. was joining \u201ca small handful of nations that reject the future,\u201d The Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2017\/jun\/01\/obama-condemns-trump-paris-climate-accord\">reported<\/a>.&nbsp;But IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZtrG5zhPrAE&amp;t=1793s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">commended<\/a> the U.S. for its historic emissions reductions during a 2019 press conference alongside Trump\u2019s Energy Secretary Rick Perry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last 10 years, the emissions reduction in the United States has been the largest in the history of energy,\u201d Birol stated. \u201cAlmost 800 million tons. This is a huge decline of emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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