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Analysis: Trump win could add 4 billion metric tons to US emissions by 2030

The U.K.-based Carbon Brief calculated that rolling back Biden administration policies would negate – twice over – all emission savings worldwide from deploying wind, solar and other clean technologies in the past five years.

What happens when a climate denier becomes Louisiana’s governor?

In his first month in office, Republican Jeff Landry surrounded himself with former fossil fuel executives and targeted the state’s climate change task force. He succeeded Democrat John Bel Edwards, who served two terms as governor.

2023: In various ways – not just heat – a climate year for the record books

High-temperature records were smashed on land and sea. But don’t expect the fossil-fueled trend to end any time soon. “2023 will end up being one of the coldest years of this century,” Texas A&M climate scientist Andrew Dessler said.

Another hot, dry summer may push parts of Texas to the brink

Some areas of the state are starting the year with low water reserves, and forecasters don’t expect substantial relief from the weather. Instead, they increasingly foresee another scorching summer.

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