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Trump’s presidency could mean the end of a livable climate

Trump promises to resurrect the coal industry, which has been hit hard by regulations and cheap natural gas

THE THOUSANDS OF DIPLOMATS AND activists who gathered at the annual U.N. climate summit, held this year in Marrakech, Morocco, on Nov. 7, must have thought the hard work was over. Just days earlier, the Paris Agreement, by far the most ambitious international deal to fight climate change ever negotiated, had entered into legal force. Those who work in the field of climate change are rarely upbeat—regularly grappling with the end

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