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Climate change and the next administration

There are obstacles to Donald Trump’s attempts to reverse progress

A trailer with a sign supporting Republican Donald Trump stands in front of a wind farm in Kansas
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“IT IS CLEAR the next administration will try to do a U-turn and reverse much of this progress,” declared John Podesta, America’s climate tsar, at a UN climate summit held this week in Azerbaijan. His statement to the gathered greens and diplomats acknowledged a shared anxiety. Donald Trump has vowed to yank America out of the UN’s Paris climate agreement for a second time. Meanwhile conservative energy wonks around Mr Trump want him to make a push in three areas.

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