🧵 1. Republican candidate DeSantis vows to slow down EV adoption, repeal environmental regulations, and boost fossil fuel production if elected. #politics
🧵 1. Republican candidate DeSantis vows to slow down EV adoption, repeal environmental regulations, and boost fossil fuel production if elected. #politics
🧵 2. Speaking in oil-rich Texas, DeSantis pledges to withdraw from global agreements on climate change, while increasing production of crude, gas, coal, and uranium.
🧵 4. Under DeSantis' administration, "climate change" would be replaced with "energy dominance" in federal policy documents. A callback to Trump's energy strategy.
🧵 5. Oil and gas industry executives back DeSantis, who promises to unleash American energy dominance to combat inflation and lower gas prices. Current average retail gasoline price: $3.88/gallon.
🧵 Read more at: https://www.investing.com/news/commodities-news/republican-hopeful-desantis-attacks-evs-emission-goals-in-energy-plan-3178704
🧵 3. DeSantis dismisses concerns over global warming and climate change, calling it a "ramp up of fear." Claims human beings are safer than ever from climate disasters.