Harris and Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

79% : Trump has said he would approve terminals "on my very first day back" in office.
66% : The change comes after Tesla CEO Elon Musk "endorsed me very strongly," Trump said at an August rally in Atlanta.
63% : Trump, meanwhile, led chants of "drill, baby, drill" and pledged to dismantle the Biden administration's "green new scam" in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.
58% : "We have more liquid gold under our feet than any other country by far," Trump said at the RNC.
57% : He has vowed to boost production of fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal and repeal key parts of the 2022 climate law.
47% : He'd increase oil drilling on public lands, offer tax breaks to oil, gas and coal producers and speed the approval of natural gas pipelines.
46% : He has vowed to do so again, calling the global plan to reduce carbon emissions unenforceable and a gift to China and other big polluters.
40% : About 7 in 10 say they have "not much" trust in Trump or "none at all" when it comes to climate.
40% : Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, deride climate spending as a "money grab'' for environmental groups and say it will ship Americans' jobs to China and other countries while increasing energy prices at home.
36% : Trump, who pushed to roll back scores of environmental laws as president, says his goal is for the U.S. to have the cheapest energy and electricity in the world.
25% : Even so, industry officials expect Trump to roll back Biden's EV push and attempt to repeal tax incentives that Trump claims benefit China.
19% : Trump has said EV manufacturing will destroy jobs in the auto industry.
16% : Trump has frequently criticized tough new vehicle emissions rules imposed by Biden, incorrectly calling them an electric vehicle "mandate.''
16% : Trump, who has cast climate change as a "hoax," withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.

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