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This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP29, has been overshadowed by Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election—an outcome that almost guarantees that Washington will back out of its international climate commitments. Election aside, an air of unease has loomed over the climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, a country that relies […]
As the world reels from a year of record heat and looks all but certain to suffer another, delegates from nearly 200 countries have descended on Baku, Azerbaijan, for this year’s United Nations climate summit—known as COP29—which runs from Nov. 11 to Nov. 22. This summit’s primary focus is a contentious one: money. Developing nations […]
When Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, endorsed former President Donald Trump, financially supported his reelection campaign, and even attended rallies in swing states, he upended a lot of the politics around electric vehicles (EVs). It used to be quite an easy distinction to make: Climate-conscious Democrats would buy EVs and Democratic Party policies supported EV uptake, […]