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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about politics.

It's Thursday, July 9th.

I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. This has been an unexpectedly good week for environmentalists. On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's request

to expand construction on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and a federal

judge ruled that the Dakota access pipeline must shut down pending an environmental review.

And two major energy companies, Duke Energy and Dominion Energy also announced the cancellation

of plans for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

And yesterday, the task forces created by Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders issued their recommendations.

The group focused on climate change, led by former Secretary of State John Kerry,

and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

has urged politicians to treat climate change like the emergency that it is.

In a virtual town hall held with Al Gore this April on Earth Day,

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