Explainer: The Climate Policies of Joe Biden and Donald Trump

Since entering office, President Joe Biden has supported renewable power and jump-started the transition of American agriculture towards less carbon-intensive practices as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). In comparison to Biden, Donald Trump took anti-environment initiatives by pulling out of the Paris Agreement, encouraging fossil fuel extraction on federal lands, and dismantling nearly 100 policies focused on clean energy, air, water, wildlife, and toxic chemicals, all during his single presidential term.