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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 ...

The Trump administration said Tuesday it would pull funding from Princeton University over climate-related programs that go “against” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ...

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 ...

The Department of Commerce on Tuesday announced its decision to cut $4 million in funding related to climate research for Princeton University. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a news ...

Congress requires the federal government to produce the report, formally known as the National Climate Assessment, every four years. It analyzes the effects of rising temperatures on human health ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Climate campaigns rely too heavily on apocalyptic messaging,” the authors argue. Above, an Earth Day protest in Washington, D.C., in 2022. More than 30 years after both Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich ...

April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that aims to block the enforcement of state laws passed to reduce the use of fossil fuels and combat climate ...