India, Jan. 27 -- US President Donald Trump, in his inimitable theatrical style, has fulfilled his election promises on energy and climate change.

The triumphant call in the inaugural address of "drill, baby, drill' was followed by executive orders doing away with all the restrictions on exploration and drilling that had been put in place by outgoing President Joe Biden.

Trump has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement on climate change and cut the ongoing financial support for Electric Vehicles (EVs) as expected.

These are huge setbacks, especially when the scientific prognosis on climate change has been getting bleaker.

When the need is for immediate decisive action to accelerate the energy transition away from fossil fuels, the US, w...