After the International Court of Justice ruled this week that countries are required to cut emissions in the name of climate change, the White House gave a simple reply: "America first." Any decision from the court is non-binding,

According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.

The Trump administration plans to argue that federal law does not require agencies to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, in a move designed to derail virtually all U.S. limits on climate pollution, according to three people familiar with the upcoming proposal.

The Trump administration has made it harder for people, local and state governments to find critical climate change reports.

International Court of Justice determines countries are responsible for corporate emissions and must cooperate to achieve concrete emission reduction targets.

The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, supercharging weather and destroying food systems.

The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion says countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, and nations harmed by its effects could be entitled to reparations.