Trump's second exit from the Paris Agreement is coming at a far shakier time for climate action, with rising populism and corporate retreat adding bigger risk to the US pullback.

Chris Wright, Trump's energy secretary, expressed optimism about nuclear power's role in America's energy future. "We're committed to bringing advanced nuclear technology to market," Wright said during a press briefing. "This administration understands that energy abundance and environmental responsibility can coexist."

Experts say Trump's moves to step away from global climate action, ramp up domestic oil and gas production and remove incentives for electric vehicles are worrisome. The planet continues to heat up; 2024 was Earth's hottest year on record,

President Trump’s first week in office included a flurry of executive orders with implications for Earth’s climate and environment

The Trump administration is going to gut climate protections. Climate activists say nothing is off the table in response.

Meta agreed to a $25 million settlement over a 2021 lawsuit President Donald Trump brought against Meta for suspending his accounts after the January 6th insurrection at the US Capitol. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the news, and Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed the settlement to The Verge.

Despite the challenges a second Trump administration will bring, Canada can continue to address climate change by working with sub-national leadership in the U.S.

In an executive order last week, the Trump administration called for a pause on handing out the funds that are legally set aside under the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. That includes hundreds of billions of dollars for climate research and infrastructure.

Information and data from numerous departments disappeared after a memo instructing federal employees to eliminate material related to "gender ideology" and other topics.

Trump did provide a touch more detail than Biden’s team did by naming the FAA in his statement, but that might have just diverted attention to that agency. Bergen’s Republican colleague in the state Assembly, Christopher DePhillips, called Wednesday for the FAA to testify in the New Jersey statehouse because “the quest for answers continues.”

President Donald Trump’s flirtation with taking Greenland is not a new American pastime. For more than a century, United States officials have been eager to gain access to the island’s vast deposits of oil, natural gas and critical minerals, write Corbin Hiar and Hannah Northey.