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- Obama Presidential Center opened in Chicago this summer with climate change exhibits spanning four floors, according to the Climate Forward newsletter.
- The displays feature charts showing American emissions falling during Obama's presidency and commemorate the 2015 Paris Agreement, in which most nations on Earth pledged to limit global warming.
- Environmental justice and Alaska both receive dedicated moments in the exhibits, alongside a four-minute video of Obama addressing climate change directly.
- Peter Baker described the center as "a trip to a parallel universe" filled with "earnest talk of hope and change," not "dark warnings about American carnage."
- The museum's climate treatment stands in stark contrast to President Trump gutting pollution regulations, attacking renewable energy, and promoting fossil fuels over the past two years.
Why it matters: The museum's reverent treatment of Obama's climate record — emissions charts, Paris Agreement commemoration, and environmental justice coverage — preserves the era when bipartisan climate cooperation felt mainstream, now visibly absent from current policy.
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