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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Chris Wright

Voices: These four elections are about to test Trump’s impact on climate

If the fact that we’ve just experienced the hottest January in history wasn’t terrifying enough, Donald Trump and his minions in the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) have spent the past two weeks (and then some) wreaking havoc on climate policy.

As well as vowing to “drill, baby, drill” and tap into America’s “liquid gold” oil reserves, the president pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement and has signed various executive orders that will effectively undo the progress that has been made in the past four years under Joe Biden.

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