President Donald Trump will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement for the second time, delivering a blow to the effort to keep global temperatures from rising to dangerous levels.
Trump’s move, announced Monday, means the U.S. will exit the landmark 2015 compact in which nearly 200 nations agreed to jointly take action to cut the greenhouse gases fueling stronger storms, wildfires, heatwaves and catastrophic flooding.
<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/supremecourt-5-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Justices to consider ability to renew lawsuit after voluntary dismissal" title="Justices to consider ability to renew lawsuit after voluntary dismissal" style="float:right;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/supremecourt-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/supremecourt-5-570x570.jpg 570w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/supremecourt-5-500x500.jpg 500w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/supremecourt-5-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Next week, when they return from their long holiday break, the justices will have, among other exciting matters, a dispute about the ability of a claimant to renew a lawsuit years after voluntarily dismissing it. The specific legal question, posed in Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy...</p>
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government is dealing with yet another scandal after prosecutors launched an investigation into junior culture minister Vittorio Sgarbi over a stolen painting.…