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Pjan dwar il-klima fil-mira tal-President tal-Istati Uniti

28 ta' Marzu 2017
epa04873833 A handout picture released by NASA on 06 August 2015 and taken on 16 July 2015 shows a unique view of the Moon as it passed between the spacecraft and Earth taken by a camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR). A series of images shows the fully illuminated 'dark side' of the Moon that is not visible from Earth. The images were acquired by NASA?s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a four megapixel CCD camera and telescope on the DSCOVR satellite, which orbits about 1.6 million kilometers (one million miles) from Earth. EPIC maintains a constant view of the fully illuminated Earth as it rotates, providing daily scientific observations of ozone, vegetation, cloud height, and airborne aerosols. About twice a year the camera will capture images of the Moon and Earth together as the orbit of DSCOVR crosses the orbital plane of the Moon. EPA/NASA / DSCOVR - EPIC HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Il-President tal-Istati Uniti, Donald Trump, jinsab qrib li jiffirma direttiva eżekuttiva biex iwarrab elementi ewlenin tal-pjan kontra l-global warming li kien ressaq il-Gvern tal-President (Amerikan) preċedenti, Barack Obama.

Il-pass, fost oħrajn, iwarrab il-Clean Power Plan li jirrikjedi biex l-Istati jnaqqsu l-produzzjoni tal-gassijiet.Intant, id-direttiva anki tnaqqas mill-baġit tal-Aġenzija għall-Protezzjoni tal-Ambjent – bir-regolamenti dwar il-produzzjoni taż-żejt, il-gass u l-faħam iridu jgħaddu minn reviżjoni.

Il-President Trump kien wiegħed biex ineħħi r-regoli għall-ambjent (green rules) li qal li ‘qegħdin jaffettwaw ħażin lill-ekonomija’. Intant, Donald Trump — waqt il-kampanja elettorali ta’ xhur ilu —  kien ħalef biex jirtira lill-Istati Uniti mill-ftehim ta’ Pariġi dwar il-klima li kien intlaħaq f’Diċembru tal-2015.

Filwaqt li l-White House qed tgħid li l-miżuri ġodda jgħinu ‘għal enerġija nadifa u affordabbli li tistimola l-iżvilupp ekonomiku’, il-gruppi favur l-ambjent wissew li d-direttiva ta’ Trump għandha tħalli konsegwenzi serji fl-Istati Uniti u ‘il hinn minnha.