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French President Emmanuel Macron attends the "Tech for Planet" event at the "Station F" start up campus ahead of the One Planet Summit in Paris

France: President Macron Awards Climate Grants to US-Based Scientists on Summit Eve

Reuters 12/12/2017

Macron unveiled grants after Trump in June said he...

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross stands behind US President Donald Trump, who speaks at the Minority Enterprise Development Week White House awards ceremony, at the White House in Washington, US ,October 24, 2017. Credit: Reuters

Donald Trump Declares Opioids a US Public Health Emergency

Yasmeen Abutaleb and Jeff Mason 27/10/2017

Trump's declaration will redirect federal resources and loosen regulations...

Search and Rescue teams search for two missing people amongst ruins at Journey's End Mobile Home Park destroyed by the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, California. Credit: Reuters

California Wildfires Rage as Record Death Toll Climbs to 35

Noel Randewich 14/10/2017

The 35 confirmed fatalities – 19 in Sonoma County...

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 28, 2017. Credit: Reuters

Obama’s Climate Regulation at Risk as Trump EPA to Propose Repealing It

Valerie Volcovici 04/10/2017

Trump has expressed doubts about the science of climate...

A flooded street is seen in the Juana Matos neighbourhood in Catano municipality after Hurricane Maria, southwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 21, 2017. Credit: Reuters

Donald Trump Praises Disaster Relief in Puerto Rico

Dave Graham and Robin Respaut 27/09/2017

Democratic leaders in Congress and some residents in Puerto...

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) walks to the Senate floor ahead of a vote on the health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2017. Credit: Reuters

Republicans Fail in Attempt to Pass Obamacare Repeal Bill in US Senate

Susan Cornwell 27/09/2017

The party was unable to win enough support from...

A woman holds a sign during a press conference held by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., to speak out against the latest Republican effort to repeal Obamacare on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 25, 2017. Credit: Reuters

Obamacare Repeal on the Ropes as Pivotal Republican Rebuffs Trump

Susan Cornwell and Yasmeen Abutaleb 26/09/2017

Susan Collins announced her opposition shortly after the non-partisan...