Trump blames ‘radical left’ for Charlie Kirk shooting, but does not mention attacks on Democrats as search for suspect continues – as it happened

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A jump in greenhouse gas pollution in the US helped push global emissions higher in the first half of this year. This could be an omen of what's to come, with Donald Trump's pro-fossil fuel agenda set to significantly slow down the emissions cuts required to avoid disastrous climate impacts, a new forecast has found.

The most abrupt shift in energy and climate policy in recent memory" that has occurred since Trump re-entered the White House will have profound consequences for the global climate crisis by slowing the pace of US emissions cuts by as much as half the rate achieved over the past two decades, the Rhodium Group forecast states.