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What will President Trump mean for the environment?

New President elect of the USA Donald Trump is a climate change denier, and so what does his rise to power mean for the environment? He promises to rip up climate deals and get the USA mining and burning fossil fuels again, giving jobs back to areas that need them. Tom Heap looks at whether Trump will pull out of the Paris agreement and what that might mean for the world's environment.

First broadcast on Costing the Earth, 23 November 2016.

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