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A guide to what a second Trump White House can — and can’t — do to the American effort to slow global warming.

After a decade of failed attempts to charge polluters for emitting carbon dioxide, Washington state’s landmark cap-and-trade program finally started up last year, raising billions of dollars for electric school buses,

Nations will press forward without the United States if they must, according to climate negotiators who gathered in New York last week during the United Nations General Assembly. But the first Trump presidency was a setback in the climate fight, and a repeat would slow things down at a critical point when scientists say efforts need to speed up.

Donald Trump has sparked controversy for declaring that climate change is “one of the great scams” after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction, killing more than 100 people, across the southeast US.

Scientists are warning that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense as a result of climate change.

Business owner Bernie Moreno, a Republican, has said America needs more fossil fuels. Democrat Sherrod Brown, the incumbent, is emphasizing manufacturing.

The states with the biggest clean energy investments, backed by Inflation Reduction Act funds, are not the typical climate change leaders.

According to new poll findings from strategic communications firm Climate Power, climate change is a major priority among Black voters in battleground states, with climate and energy issues serving as a major motivator to vote.

Pennsylvania’s candidates for U.S. Senate, Democrat incumbent Bob Casey and Republican challenger Dave McCormick, have sparred over energy policy since the campaign began. In his ads, McCormick has sought to paint Casey as anti-fossil fuel and to tie Casey to Vice President Kamala Harris’ old comments against fracking.

Vice President Harris has spent almost $4 million on private jet flights since July despite calling for people to be "practical" as it relates to climate change.