in the November presidential election could increase the United States’ planet-heating pollution by so much that the emissions would negate the last five years of global progress on deploying clean energy — twice over.
The surge in solar and wind installations and the uptick in proposals to build new nuclear power plants and carbon capture facilities have not come at the expense of plentiful fossil fuels. The U.S. production of oil and gas has soared toat giants like Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. Under Biden, the country has become the world’s top exporter of both gas and oil, surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia.
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