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From Ice to Inferno: Alaska Issues Historic Heat Advisory

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the high glare of a summer evening in Fairbanks, Alaska, Ciara Santiago watched the mercury climb. A meteorologist at the National Weather Service office, she had the dubious honor of issuing the state’s first-ever official heat advisory as temperatures […]


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Trump’s Order Targeting State Climate Laws Is Probably Unconstitutional

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. President Donald Trump continued dismantling US climate policy this week when he directed the Justice Department to challenge state laws aimed at addressing the crisis—a campaign legal scholars called unconstitutional and climate activists said is sure to fail.  The president, who […]


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Trump on Shaky Legal Ground With Executive Order Targeting State Climate Laws

However, critics say forcing state and local governments to litigate can have a chilling effect on climate action.


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