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Climate ‘Ideology’ Hurts Prosperity, Top U.S. Officials Tell Europeans

Chris Wright, the energy secretary, said he would push Europe to loosen environmental rules and buy more gas. Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, tied fossil fuels to a need to win the A.I. race.

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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, left, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright at the White House in March. They are currently in Europe to press U.S. energy interests.
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Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report

Scores of researchers reviewed the Energy Department’s argument about greenhouse gases and found serious deficiencies.

© Juan Arredondo for The New York Times

A heat relief station at the Salvation Army Phoenix Citadel Corps.
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