US president Joe Biden campaigned on climate issues, but recent events may have sounded a death knell for his promises. Last week, his attempts to pass sweeping climate legislation were thwarted – by a senator in his own party. And in June, a landmark US Supreme Court ruling has greatly limited the federal government’s ability to regulate emissions from the fossil fuel industry. So where does that leave the Democrats’ climate plans? Ian Sample speaks to Prof Elizabeth Bomberg about what these developments mean for the Biden administration and the rest of the world
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- Elizabeth Bomberg is professor of environmental politics at the University of Edinburgh
- Listen to the episode of Science Weekly that Elizabeth mentioned in the podcast, featuring Katherine Hayhoe
- The UK recorded its hottest ever day this week. Hear what it will take for us to adapt to extreme heat in Tuesday’s episode of Today in Focus
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