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It’s official: Climate reparations are on the agenda at this year’s UN climate conference
After dodging the issue for more than 30 years, wealthy nations face calls to address the “loss and damage” created by climate change at COP27.
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Ron DeSantis avoids saying ‘climate change.’ Incarcerated Floridians are living it.
Florida lacks a comprehensive policy to protect people locked in increasingly sweltering prisons without air conditioning.
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Adaptation, loss and damage, and African oil: What’s at stake at COP27?
Amid the Russia-Ukraine war and an impending recession, climate negotiators will be trying to keep the world’s goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius in sight.
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Wealthy nations pledged to fund climate adaptation abroad. They’re way behind schedule.
Funds for climate resilience are “too little, too slow,” warns U.N. report.
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Study: Los Angeles’ major flood risk is much higher than previously thought
A 'hundred-year flood' would disproportionately affect the county's Black communities.
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A new tax credit for biogas could be a boon to factory farms
Experts say the Inflation Reduction Act's push for biogas is "one step forward and two steps back."
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US unveils $1 billion effort to electrify school buses
Electric buses are coming to nearly 400 school districts.
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The US is finally ready to discuss climate reparations. But is it ready to act?
Loss and damage advocates say the U.S. is muddying the waters with “linguistic acrobatics” and diversionary tactics ahead of COP27.
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Los escombros de los desastres están empujando los vertederos de Puerto Rico al límite
El compostaje podría ser la solución.
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Disaster debris is pushing Puerto Rico’s landfills to the brink
Composting could be the solution.