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The Trump administration intends to eliminate the research arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with ...

Although it still remains patchy, this global awareness of these issues is growing. Environmental and climate issues are now increasingly an official framework for national public policies, ...

The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to identify and “stop the enforcement” of state laws that address climate change and other environmental initiatives. It takes aim at California ...

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In the discussion about combating climate change, "net zero" refers to the emissions target the world's nations must collectively achieve to curb the tide of global warming. When 196 countries ...

President Donald Trump is throwing the weight of the Justice Department against the last bastion of U.S. climate action: states and cities. In a sweeping executive order signed late Tuesday ...

A new project by the Climate desk aims to recognize local climate and environmental solutions in all 50 states. By Josh Ocampo Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind ...

By Brad Plumer and Austyn Gaffney The Trump administration announced it is cutting nearly $4 million in federal funding for climate change research at Princeton University, saying that the work ...

President Donald Trump continued dismantling U.S. climate policy this week when he directed the Justice Department to challenge state laws aimed at addressing the crisis — a campaign legal ...

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The move, some energy experts say, is a legally dubious federal overstep designed to undermine the rights of states and local authorities to combat climate change. The order claims “many States ...