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People cool off at the beach during a Southern California heat wave in Oceanside, California, U.S., October 24, 2017.

In defiance of Trump, California and Washington join carbon pledge

Environment

California and Washington state joined five nations on the Pacific coast of the Americas on Tuesday to agree to step up the use of a price on carbon dioxide emissions as a central economic policy to slow climate change. The US states were acting in defiance of President Donald Trump who says he doubts that man-made […]

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