13/08/2026
American retreat from responsible climate policy gives permission to every government and corporation looking for an excuse to postpone action. If the country most responsible for historical emissions can declare climate obligations unfair, why should a developing country constrain its own growth? If the United States expands drilling while demanding restraint elsewhere, why should anyone believe climate agreements are anything more than a hierarchy disguised as cooperation?
By: Lisa Hayes for Confluence Daily The international consequences of Trump’s environmental policy cannot be reduced to America’s absence from climate conferences or another embarrassing photograph of an empty chair. The United States is not merely declining
