While the Trump administration rolls back decades of climate regulation, the world’s biggest polluter is taking the lead on clean energy.

This episode was produced by Gabrielle Berbey and Devan Schwartz, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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