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A new Trump proposal would eliminate nearly all National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration labs focused on studying the world’s weather, climate and oceans and would slash much of the ...

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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 ...

The president signed an executive order late Tuesday that aims to “stop the enforcement” of a broad swath of state climate regulations. President Donald Trump is throwing the weight of the ...

Australia's climate-related financial disclosure regime introduces new reporting obligations for larger companies, including impacts across agricultural value chains. Australia's climate-related ...