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President Donald Trump keeps eight goats at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club so he can call it a farm and pay taxes of $6 an acre instead of $462. Workers at a Shell petrochemical plant in Pennsylvania have to choose between attending a Trump speech there or not being paid. The Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate. Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, suggests without proof that the fires are being set by non-governmental organizations. Insurance companies stop offering fire insurance to 340,000 Californians in fire-prone areas. Washington governor Jay Inslee, who had focused his presidential campaign on halting climate change, drops out of the race. The Democratic National Committee votes not to host a presidential debate focusing on climate. |
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