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Will any climate progress survive the next four years?

Trump wants to reverse years of climate progress. It won’t be easy.

by Jonquilyn Hill
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President Donald Trump talks to the press before departing from the South Lawn of the White House on July 19, 2019, in Washington, DC.
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Jonquilyn Hill is the host of Explain It to Me, your hotline for all your unanswered questions. She joined Vox in 2022 as a senior producer and then as host of The Weeds, Vox’s policy podcast.

Many worry that the Trump administration will derail the clean energy transition. But there’s reason to believe otherwise.

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