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![Collage of gavel, oil refinery, and protest sign that says climate change is deadly]()
![Collage of gavel, oil refinery, and protest sign that says climate change is deadly]()
As climate lawsuits advance, the oil industry enters ‘panic mode’
Oil companies face new legal challenges, such as a recent suit for wrongful death, and older cases that are creeping toward trial.
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Indigenous leaders give the UN a roadmap for protecting their peoples
A new 12-point plan calls for stronger protections for Indigenous rights, lands, and voices as climate change, conflict, and other threats intensify.
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![A man plugs a charger into an electric vehicle in a driveway]()
![A man plugs a charger into an electric vehicle in a driveway]()
The secret to a better grid? Electric vehicles.
Despite fearmongering that EVs will crash the grid, an emerging technology will help them support it by providing backup power.
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![Collage of Myanmar mining site and soldier]()
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How war in Myanmar is driving a deadly rare earth mining boom
Decades of conflict have left Myanmar vulnerable to a secretive industry that is polluting communities and endangering workers.
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The deadly experiment that could save the American elm
Researchers in Vermont infected 5,300 American elms with a lethal dose of Dutch elm disease. Those that survive could help them build the most genetically diverse, disease-resistant population yet.
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![A line of cyclists competing in the Tour de France douse themselves with water to stay cool.]()
![A line of cyclists competing in the Tour de France douse themselves with water to stay cool.]()
The year climate change came for the Tour de France
Record heat, wildfire threats, and an unprecedented stage modification highlighted the growing challenge global warming poses to endurance sports.
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![Aerial view showing timber logs near the city of Humaitá, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on September 4, 2024. Deforestation -- which helps reduce global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide -- is on the wane in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to put a stop to illegal deforestation of the Amazon by 2030.]()
![Aerial view showing timber logs near the city of Humaitá, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on September 4, 2024. Deforestation -- which helps reduce global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide -- is on the wane in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to put a stop to illegal deforestation of the Amazon by 2030.]()
Without stronger government action, Brazil’s low deforestation in the Amazon is unlikely to last
Researchers say that the rainforest is at risk of losing the equivalent of about 2 million soccer fields over the next 10 years.
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![Tall grass in the foreground and dark, craggy cliffs in the background -- a part of Bears Ears National Monument.]()
![Tall grass in the foreground and dark, craggy cliffs in the background -- a part of Bears Ears National Monument.]()
Most Utahns want to protect their national monuments. Trump had other plans.
Utah's Republican politicians and the Trump administration said shrinking Bears Ears was what locals really wanted.
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![large container ships and oil rigs seen anchored in a churning waterway]()
![large container ships and oil rigs seen anchored in a churning waterway]()
Why the Iran war hasn’t caused a global oil crisis — yet
The world has found ways to adapt without crude from the Strait of Hormuz. Experts say that won’t last.
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French Polynesia objects to an American seabed mining plan made without its input
French Polynesia says it was "approached, but not consulted" about a Bay Area startup's plan to explore seabed mining near its marine preserve.
