Recent congressional action on climate change stalled after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin pulled his support from a bill that would have created $300 billion in new subsidies for alternative energy and electric cars. Manchin pointed to country-wide inflation and the bill's high price tag to justify his decision.

Unable to push his climate policy through Congress, President Joe Biden instead took executive action, though he fell short of declaring a full-on "climate emergency."

The politicking comes as America and the world suffer through the deadly effects of climate change, including sweltering heat waves and devastating droughts.

We look at the politics at play as the federal government fights over environmental policy, then zoom out for a global picture.

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