Maybe positive tipping points toward clean energy worldwide while US government on a backslide.

We hear about negative tipping points bringing climate change. Now there is a more optimistic book out called "Positive Tipping Points." "How to fix the climate crisis." Author interviewed on the BBC. I link in comments.

Worldwide, lots of progress is being made. Electric car sales are way up in places like China and Norway. Batteries and solar panels are getting better and less expensive.

The US government is sliding backwards, but much of the rest of the world is still changing. This could leave US in economic problems which eventually would cause even the backwater US to change for the sake of its economy. Around the world, renewable is getting less expensive and better over time.

Search for BBC The Climate Question Show, Sept. 14 2025.