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Trump's Iran war inadvertently curbing oil use, cutting emissions

Original: A nice bit of irony, per WaPo reporting: President Donald Trump dismisses climate change as a hoax. But the Trump agenda

President Donald Trump has long dismissed climate change as a hoax, but Washington Post reporting points to an irony: his war on Iran, now in its seventh month, has led to a plunge in oil consumption and dealt a sizable blow against global warming. Commenters are highlighting the contradiction between the administration's climate rhetoric and the emissions impact of its own foreign policy agenda.

Why now: The irony of Trump's climate-skeptic agenda producing an unintended emissions cut is drawing fresh attention to his Iran war's economic and environmental side effects.

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• A nice bit of irony, per WaPo reporting: President Donald Trump dismisses climate change as a hoax. But the Trump agenda has inadvertently dealt a sizable blow against global warming. His war on Iran, now in its seventh month, has led to a plunge in the consumption of oil and… · jeridansky@sfba.social · 17

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