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8. The trade agreement with the EU is a bad deal.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 12:02 AM

Aug 1

What the US needs is massive investment to spur it's own Green New Deal. Trump's obstruction of the transition to renewable/zero carbon energy is his greatest crime.

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EU further abandons its Green Deal with pledge to buy US energy [View all] Celerity Jul 31 OP

Get off fossil fuels!! OrlandoDem2 Jul 31 #1

I don't see this as going anything against the green deal. Melon Jul 31 #2

Lucie Pinson, director of the NGO Reclaim Finance, also saw in this "a disastrous signal" in terms of the fight against Celerity Jul 31 #3

They are already importing that NG now. Melon Jul 31 #4

We (I live in the EU) need to greatly reduce fossil fuel consumption (as do all nations), not just switch our suppliers. Celerity Jul 31 #5

They aren't going to buy $750 billion in oil and gas NickB79 Jul 31 #6

Natural Gas and coal and are not at export capacity for the US Melon Jul 31 #7

The trade agreement with the EU is a bad deal. thought crime Aug 1 #8