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Trump vs Climate: The Showdown

What does the end of the ā€œendangerment findingā€ mean?

President Trump isnā€™t a big believer in climate change - heā€™s called it a ā€˜hoaxā€™ and ā€˜con jobā€™ in the past. But last week saw one of his boldest moves against US climate policy since becoming president - the termination of the endangerment finding. Itā€™s a ruling that was made in 2009, when Barack Obama was in the White House, and itā€™s served as the legal basis for lots of other regulations aiming to cut pollution since then. So, it looks like Trump is locked in a showdown with climate policyā€¦ but what could this hold for the future?

In this episode, we explain exactly what the ruling is, why Trump has decided to revoke it, and what this could mean for you.

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Presenter: Iqra Farooq
Producers: Emily Horler and Chelsea Coates
Editor: Verity Wilde

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