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Critics accuse administration of ‘cooking the books’ by claiming US would save $1.3tn from climate finding reversal

The president’s destructive policies enrich fossil fuel billionaires, while Beijing has bet big on the green transition

Some districts are adding programs in clean energy and sustainability, while one state is infusing environmental lessons into culinary education and construction

Conservationists estimate coal exported from expanded mine to release CO2 equivalent of about half Australia’s annual carbon footprint

Ex-PM’s thinktank urges more drilling and fewer renewables, ignoring evidence that clean energy is cheaper and better for bills

Report by Tony Blair Institute urges government to drop some green policies amid criticism of decarbonisation goal

The government has not made enough of a dent in emissions, but global trends and a shambolic opposition offer a rare opportunity to act

Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal

US courts, scholars and Democrats are pushing back against the president’s aggressive drive to boost fossil fuels

Push to restart uranium mining in Patagonia has sparked fears about the environmental impact and loss of sovereignty over key resources

Trump has prioritized fossil fuel companies over consumers, hitting the lowest-income families hardest

Projects this year expected to triple global gas capacity, forecast finds, as concerns grow over impacts on planet

Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune

Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account

Grants, loans and ‘innovative finance’ will fund green technology, with insulation no longer the main objective