US EditionAfrica must shun Trump’s push to resurrect coal
- President Donald Trump's administration is urging African leaders to increase coal use, despite its harmful environmental impact.
- A report from Christian Aid predicts that African countries could face a 64% reduction in GDP growth by 2100 due to the climate crisis.
- The U.S. Has produced about a quarter of all historic carbon dioxide emissions since the Industrial Revolution, causing global warming.
- Countries like Morocco, Kenya, and South Africa are advancing renewable energy projects, which are essential for sustainable development in Africa.
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Africa is sending Trump a massive FU over his colonialist coal ambitions
Lately, conversations around Africa’s energy future have been quite polarised. African leaders appear to be debating a range of strategies. But with the Donald Trump administration pushing for greater coal usage to power African nations, a number of critics are raising alarms about this direction. As Al Jazeera reported: Trump’s administration has recently taken to urging African leaders to burn more planet-heating fossil fuels, and in particula…
Africa Must Shun Trump’s Push To Resurrect Coal
By Mohamed Adow President Donald Trump’s administration has recently taken to urging African leaders to burn more planet-heating fossil fuels, and in particular coal, the dirtiest of all of them. Simultaneously, it scrapped USAID funding, which had been helping millions of the poorest people in Africa survive amid expanding climate breakdown. Those thinking of aligning with Trump’s agenda would do well to remember that the droughts, floods, and …
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