Trump left little mystery about his intentions during the presidential campaign, railing against electric vehicles, wind turbines and what he called Biden’s “Green New Scam” at rally after rally. He has long ridiculed climate science, joking last year that rising temperatures would lead to more oceanfront property.

The change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues.

Frequent droughts have pushed authorities to pursue a controversial plan to dam a river to save the waterway — an act that would flood the homes of thousands of people.

Maintaining tools for understanding climate change We've seen a targeted effort to systematically ... Eliminating the penny via a social media post, like President Donald Trump did,, isn't just legally dubious. It could cause more problems than it solves.

When U.S. President Donald Trump was elected in November, Canadian officials issued a weaker than expected 2035 emission reduction target to account for the new political reality.

The Trump administration is working to overturn a Biden SEC mandate that faced multiple lawsuits last year over its climate rule requiring companies to disclose carbon emissions.

Labour PM cuts foreign aid funding as he prepares to fly to Washington to meet the US President who has piled pressure on Britain to bolster its armed forces

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