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![Collage of dollar snippets beside tightly cropped photos of John Podesta, Ed Miliband, Mukhtar Babayev, and Jennifer Morgan]()
![Collage of dollar snippets beside tightly cropped photos of John Podesta, Ed Miliband, Mukhtar Babayev, and Jennifer Morgan]()
‘We lost’: How COP29 ended with a deal that made the whole world unhappy
Under pressure to step up global climate aid, the world’s richest countries secured nothing less than a diplomatic coup in Baku.
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Some towns still don’t have drinkable water months after Hurricane Helene. A full recovery could take years.
The flooding that devastated western North Carolina during Hurricane Helene knocked out dozens of rural water systems.
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![Mia Amor Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, delivers a speech during the second day of the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Mottley is among several world leaders pushing for a tax on high-emitting industries like shipping and aviation.]()
![Mia Amor Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, delivers a speech during the second day of the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Mottley is among several world leaders pushing for a tax on high-emitting industries like shipping and aviation.]()
Would you pay more for plane tickets to fund climate relief efforts?
At this year’s U.N. climate conference, world leaders are proposing a “global solidarity levy” on high-polluting industries.
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![A mobile home is seen among trees after Hurricane Helene]()
![A mobile home is seen among trees after Hurricane Helene]()
When hurricane evacuation isn’t an option
Not everyone rides out storms like Milton or Helene by choice. Some simply cannot afford to flee.
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![A woman in traditional Sámi dress -- a red, white, and blue shawl tied at the neck with an elaborate silver clasp and matching head covering -- sits at a conference table with a microphone. She looks off to the side as if listening to someone.]()
![A woman in traditional Sámi dress -- a red, white, and blue shawl tied at the neck with an elaborate silver clasp and matching head covering -- sits at a conference table with a microphone. She looks off to the side as if listening to someone.]()
UN report backs up Sámi claims that mining in Finland violates their rights to land and culture
"Sustainability is an empty word if you don't respect and implement Indigenous rights here in our homelands."
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Is climate anxiety a pressing problem, or a luxury?
Concerns about our future are valid — but they aren't always shared by those who are fighting to survive in the present.
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Climate change is destroying American homes. Who should have to move?
It’s unfair to force people out of their homes. We have to do it anyway.
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A new salvo in the fight to protect the ‘holy grail’ of environmental justice
Residents and legal advocates ask the EPA to keep enforcing Title VI civil rights protections.
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Heat exposure, cloudy water, and bad air: The data gap of toxic prisons
There’s been a proliferation of data-driven mapping tools that illuminate disparities in environmental harm, but they do little to compel suitable solutions — especially for incarcerated people.
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![An aerial photograph of a path windy through forested land. Some trees have been cut down]()
![An aerial photograph of a path windy through forested land. Some trees have been cut down]()
How schools, hospitals, and prisons in 15 states profit from land and resources on 79 tribal nations
“There's definitely a colonial imperative in the existence of those lands."
