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Trump administration plans to gut clean car rules

New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
www.nytimes.com
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How Trump is unintentionally helping the world’s climate

While the president remains a climate-change denier, the war with Iran has triggered an unforeseen benefit in the fight against global warming.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call

Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after "bargain" between president and major polluters.

www.theguardian.com
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Trump cut their climate jobs. This secretive network found them new ones

Climate Reserve has been quietly building a lifeline for America's lost climate workforce, one job at a time.
grist.org
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AI’s meet-cute with climate denial

Just in time for Climate Week NYC, President Trump calls concerns over global warming and artificial intelligence a “hoax.”
insideclimatenews.org
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Newsom counters Trump's stance on climate issues while in New York

California Governor Gavin Newsom met with world and business leaders to advance climate action and clean energy in New York.

apnews.com
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Manure digesters worsen ammonia air emissions from hog farms, study finds

Ammonia emissions, which can harm a person’s ability to breathe, are more than three times higher when emitted from manure that has been through a digester compared to manure that is directed  into storage lagoons or sprayed on fields, according to a new study. 
www.thenewlede.org
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At the UN, Panama champions a universal declaration on the rights of nature

Panama’s center-right president called on world leaders to adopt a new non-binding treaty, building on his nation’s own national rights of nature laws.
insideclimatenews.org
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Rezoning Florida scout camp land for development has deep ramifications

Sand Hill Scout Reservation land up for possible development includes the entrance to the deepest underground cave in the Florida aquifer.

floridaphoenix.com
Al Gore and Kevin Wall at a press conference to announce the Global Climate Crisis Campaign Concert "Save Our Selves". California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA. 01-15-07

Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight

The former U.S. vice president still has optimism for climate advocacy two decades after groundbreaking documentary.

www.theguardian.com
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Climate change is getting worse in Nevada. Why did Democrats stop talking about it?

Voters tend to worry about global warming while worrying more about other issues; Democrats have noticed and changed how they discuss the environment.

thenevadaindependent.com
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Diesel export fight strains GOP ties with Big Oil

Farm-state Republicans and MAGA populists are backing a diesel export ban, putting them at odds with an industry that has long been a GOP ally.

www.politico.com
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Offshore wind job training built for a boom is facing down a bust

Workforce programs are trying to ride out the legal, administrative, and economic headwinds of the Trump administration.

hechingerreport.org
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United Nations chief says power has polarized the world

Will the world continue on its path to fragmentation or cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway artificial intelligence, and intensifying inequalities?

apnews.com
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Climate change is fueling African conflict — governments are developing a shared response

African countries are now crafting the first continent-wide framework to tackle how climate disasters can worsen hunger, displacement, and conflict.

theconversation.com
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The solar boom in developing nations: Fast, chaotic, and unequal

Soaring energy costs are driving a solar rush in developing countries, but as households unplug from the grid, those who remain face higher electricity bills. If governments fail to manage the buildout, the growth of solar could destabilize power systems and deepen economic inequality.
e360.yale.edu
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Competing climate visions clash at UN General Assembly

While President Donald Trump pushed against cutting emissions and regulating technology, environmentalists called for world leaders to reject conflict and build a stable future with clean energy.
insideclimatenews.org
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US utilities get failing grade on clean energy transition

Too many utilities are keeping coal plants open, planning new gas plants, and building less renewable energy, the Sierra Club’s latest “Dirty Truth Report” finds.

www.canarymedia.com
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