Flatten the Hierarchy, Flatten the Emissions – A Horizontal Approach to Climate Change

Climate change is a pretty simple problem, at its core. 

We cut down all the trees, drained all the swamps, dammed all the rivers, and then started burning oil. We cut out the earth’s lungs and got addicted to smoking.

Since the problem is seen as quite complicated, it should first be discussed why the problem is simple.

From blue to red and back again: Fracking across the administrations, a brief explanation of fracking policy during Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. 

A single, undeniable fact looms large in the political sphere—the world is warming. Each passing year pushes the planet closer to a potential climate catastrophe, the threat of which has grown to dominate the past four presidential terms and now demands immediate action. The differing approaches of presidential administrations and their subsequent consequences are quite complex. To better understand broader climate policy, we can look at the changes in U.S policy on a specific issue.