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As the Trump administration retreats on climate change, US cities are moving forward

  • Written by Katherine Levine Einstein, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Boston University
Cars sit in flood water from Boston Harbor on Long Wharf during a coastal storm on Jan. 4, 2018. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

Despite almost universal scientific consensus that climate change poses a growing threat, President Donald Trump’s recent infrastructure plan makes no mention of the need to build resilience to rising global temperatures....

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