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Trump-appointed judge blocks Biden administration climate metric

The cooling towers at the Stanton Energy Center in Orlando, Florida.
The cooling towers at the Stanton Energy Center in Orlando, Florida. Photograph: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

A Trump-appointed federal judge has blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to put greater emphasis on potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for polluting industries.

The move represents a blow to Joe Biden’s efforts to bring America more back in line with global efforts to fight the climate crisis after the Trump era, when the US largely turned its back on measures that might have helped limit emissions.

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