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![A crowd of Fridays for Future protesters in Glasgow Scotland during Cop26 featuring a sign that says "code red for humanity"]()
![A crowd of Fridays for Future protesters in Glasgow Scotland during Cop26 featuring a sign that says "code red for humanity"]()
The progress (and failures) of COP26, in 3 charts
Gaps remain on emissions, finance, and fossil fuel production.
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![A high cliff-side road near the ocean shows signs of major breakage, with cracks coming right up the barrier of the road. Houses and powerlines are on the other side of the barrier on top of the cliff]()
![A high cliff-side road near the ocean shows signs of major breakage, with cracks coming right up the barrier of the road. Houses and powerlines are on the other side of the barrier on top of the cliff]()
Coastal Californians, prepare for the ocean to rise 10 feet by century’s end
Planners warned to start making infrastructure changes now
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![The leaders of COP26 sit behind a large table at the annual U.N. climate conference.]()
![The leaders of COP26 sit behind a large table at the annual U.N. climate conference.]()
COP26 made real progress. It also isn’t enough.
The final agreement is the most significant global climate pact since the Paris agreement, but it’s far from perfect.
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![Illustration: parody of Magritte's "The Treachery of Images" painting, but instead of a pipe it's a pipeline]()
![Illustration: parody of Magritte's "The Treachery of Images" painting, but instead of a pipe it's a pipeline]()
Natural gas company goes to great lengths to avoid saying the word ‘pipeline’
Why call it a pipeline when you could call it "an infrastructure"?
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![Smoke billows from smokestacks]()
![Smoke billows from smokestacks]()
Here’s why your doctor might start asking you about air pollution
Of course, there’s only so much you can do to change the air you breathe.
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![A Black mother and her child stand together at the kitchen sink in Flint, Michigan]()
![A Black mother and her child stand together at the kitchen sink in Flint, Michigan]()
Flint water crisis victims reach $626 million settlement
The record breaking settlement is still just “a Band-Aid on a bullet wound,” residents say.
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At COP26, 7 countries initiate the beginning of the end of fossil fuels
Meet BOGA, the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance.
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![A person holds a burger at an outdoor restaurant.]()
![A person holds a burger at an outdoor restaurant.]()
46% of people say they don’t need to change their habits for the climate
The burgers at COP26 hint at a limited appetite for behavior change.
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COP26 draft text annotated: what it says and what it means
There are a few notable victories in the text.
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![Pete Buttigieg speaks at a press conference at COP26.]()
![Pete Buttigieg speaks at a press conference at COP26.]()
At COP26, Pete Buttigieg makes a pitch to decarbonize American transport
The Secretary of Transportation on the U.S.'s electric vehicle future.
