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How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issue

  • Written by Joe Árvai, Director of the Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability | Professor of Psychology, Biological Sciences, and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageDonald Trump's pro-fossil fuel positions stand in sharp contrast with efforts to protect the climate.Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

After four years of U.S. progress on efforts to deal with climate change under Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s return to the White House is swiftly swinging the pendulum in the opposite direction.

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