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Fight or switch? How the low-carbon transition is disrupting fossil fuel politics

  • Written by Cara Daggett, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Virginia Tech
Commuters idle in rush-hour traffic outside Philadelphia. AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma

As the Trump administration works to weaken regulations on fossil fuel production and use, a larger struggle is playing out across multiple industries. Until recently, oil companies and their defenders generally reacted to calls for regulating carbon emissions by spr...

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