As representatives from nearly 200 nations were wrapping up talks at the United Nations' COP30 climate summit this week, the United States was not only absent , the Trump administration also introduced a series of sweeping proposals to roll back environmental protections and encourage fossil fuel drilling.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference ended Friday in the Brazilian city of Belém, where delegates gathered to hammer out a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels, boost climate action and limit global warming.

For the first time in the summit’s history, the U.S. — one of the top emitters of greenhouse gases — did not send a delegation. Instead, the Trump administration this week announced a plan to open up new oil drilling off the coasts of California and Florida for the first

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