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<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Climate Changes

Trump's climate order, the GOP agenda, the private sector in government, and more
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Power Plans: President Trump signed a highly anticipated executive order on climate today. The two biggest effects: The EPA will rewrite (and roll back) Obama-era regulations like the Clean Power Plan, and government agencies will no longer need to account for climate change while reporting on a project’s environmental impact. Here’s a guide. Environmental advocates say the order favors fossil-fuel interests over the environment. Meanwhile, warming weather has given Iceland a —but the influx of tourists may not be all to the country’s benefit.

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