State Department’s gutting of climate staff hamstrings US agenda, former diplomats say

July 15, 2025

The Trump administration’s mass firing of State Department employees on Friday included scores of climate and energy experts, as part of a reorganization that will have ripple effects for the global effort to tackle rising temperatures.

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