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Trump's Halt on Climate Spending Freezes Jobs and Stalls Projects

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Inside a New Plan to Bring Electricity to 300 Million in Africa

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Kentucky's Mountaintop Mines Are Turned Into Neighborhoods

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Inside Trump's Renewed Effort to Undo a Major Climate Rule

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Senate Confirms Lee Zeldin to Head E.P.A.

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These Are the Winds That Turn Wildfires Deadly in L.A.

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No More Palm Trees, and Six Other Ways L.A. Can Protect Itself From Wildfires

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Could Trump Use the 'God Squad' to Override Environmental Law?

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Trump's First Two Weeks Have Thrown U.S. Climate Spending Into Chaos

Executive orders and announcements by President Trump have put billions of dollars in U.S. climate commitments into question.

By David Gelles

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The Climate Migration Question: Rebuild or Relocate?

After a flood destroyed their town, Kentucky residents faced the agonizing choice of whether to stay or to relocate to new communities built on former strip mines.

By Austyn Gaffney

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The Climate Fix: Africa's Solar Revolution

In announcing a $35 billion program to bring inexpensive solar power to some 300 million Africans, officials left out two words: climate change.

By Max Bearak

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