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President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy, at the State Department, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressFebruary 4, 2021

Oil rigs stand in the Loco Hills field on U.S. Highway 82 in Eddy County near Artesia, N.M., one of the most active regions of the Permian Basin, April 9, 2014.

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Biden presses ambitious effort on climate

by Matthew Daly Associated Press, and Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressJanuary 27, 2021

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives at Sacramento McClellan Airport, in McClellan Park, Calif., Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, for a briefing on wildfires. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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As West burns, Trump spurns science on climate

by Jonathan Lemire Associated Press, Aamer Madhani Associated Press, Will Weissert Associated Press, and Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressSeptember 14, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at McGregor Industries in Dunmore, Pa., Thursday.

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Biden unveils climate change plan

by Alexandra Jaffe Associated Press, Ellen Knickmeyer Associated Press, and Will Weissert Associated PressJuly 14, 2020

Traffic moves along the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles.

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Mileage rollback guts US climate change push

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated Press, and Tom Krisher Associated PressMarch 31, 2020

Water contaminated with arsenic, lead and zinc flows out of the Lee Mountain mine and into a holding pond near Rimini, Mont., Oct. 12, 2018.

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Superfund cleanups hit 30-year low

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressFebruary 19, 2020

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, file photo, an egret looks for food along Valhalla Pond in Riverview, Fla. The Trump administration was expected to announce completion as soon as Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, of one of its most momentous environmental rollbacks, removing federal protections for millions of miles of the country’s streams, arroyos and wetlands. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

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Trump removes protections for waterways

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressJanuary 23, 2020

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2018 file photo, water contaminated with arsenic, lead and zinc flows from a pipe out of the Lee Mountain mine and into a holding pond near Rimini, Mont. The community is part of the Upper Tenmile Creek Superfund site, where dozens of abandoned mines have left water supplies polluted and residents must use bottled water. The Trump administration has built up the largest backlog of unfunded toxic Superfund projects awaiting clean-up in at least 15 years, nearly...

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Backlog of toxic Superfund cleanups grows under Trump

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated Press, and Matthew Brown Associated PressJanuary 2, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a press conference at the COP25 climate talks summit in Madrid, Monday Dec. 2, 2019. The chair of a two-week climate summit attended by nearly 200 countries warned at its opening Monday that those refusing to adjust to the planet's rising temperatures "will be on the wrong side of history." (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

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US feels heat as Trump pulls out of global climate pact

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressDecember 4, 2019

President Donald Trump talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Official: Trump to challenge California authority on mileage

by Tom Krisher Associated Press, and Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressSeptember 6, 2019