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![U.S. Representative August Pfluger of Texas, pictured in Washington, DC, in March 2024.]()
![U.S. Representative August Pfluger of Texas, pictured in Washington, DC, in March 2024.]()
Trump’s GOP at UN climate talks: We’re in charge now
In a swaggering press conference at COP29, House Republicans delivered an aggressive message in support of oil, gas, and coal — but kept their options open.
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![A helicopter sprays a liquid over a forest engulfed by smoke]()
It’s not normal for the East Coast to be on fire
Here's why the November wildfires in New York and New Jersey are so alarming.
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![Photo of a man in a blue suit gesturing in front of a microphone in front of the Capitol]()
![Photo of a man in a blue suit gesturing in front of a microphone in front of the Capitol]()
How Republicans (sometimes) get on board with climate action
Getting anything accomplished under President-elect Trump might seem far-fetched. But it’s happened before.
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![Participants walk by an entrance of COP29, UN Climate Change Conference venue, an event held by UNFCCC in Baku Olympic Stadium.]()
![Participants walk by an entrance of COP29, UN Climate Change Conference venue, an event held by UNFCCC in Baku Olympic Stadium.]()
The question bringing COP29 to a halt: Who’s rich enough to pay for climate change?
Trillions of dollars depend on whether major emerging economies like China will have to step up climate aid.
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Extreme Weather
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Mexico is offering water to South Texas. But there’s a catch farmers aren’t happy about.
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What Election Day looked like for voters in hurricane-battered communities across Florida and North Carolina
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Voter turnout is surging in the key swing states hammered by Hurricane Helene
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Climate-fueled extreme weather is hiking up car insurance rates
Indigenous Affairs
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A ‘first step’ toward landback: Tribes call for three new monuments in California
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Tribes help tribes after natural disasters. Helene is no different.
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The tiny potato at the heart of one tribe’s fight against climate change
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UN report backs up Sámi claims that mining in Finland violates their rights to land and culture
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Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis
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![Oil pump jacks at the Elk Hills oil field in Kern County, California.]()
Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
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An invisible chemical is poisoning thousands of unsuspecting warehouse workers
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![Collage of farmworkers carrying produce, snippets of a dollar bill, and tomatoes — all centered around an empty dinner plate]()
The people who feed America are going hungry
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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![A visitor to COP29 is seen in silhouette against an illuminated globe of the world in the Zero Waste pavillion at the COP meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan.]()
![A visitor to COP29 is seen in silhouette against an illuminated globe of the world in the Zero Waste pavillion at the COP meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan.]()
Introducing ‘anti-COP’: A climate summit for activists who are fed up
Activists rallied around a shared feeling of exclusion from the formal COP process, and concerns that the solutions that come out of it are harming their communities.
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Trump’s second term is already derailing food talks at COP29
At the U.N. climate summit, agricultural emissions are being sidelined — again.
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![Illustration of hourglass and puzzle pieces combining to create a dollar bill]()
Can you solve the world’s trillion-dollar climate finance puzzle?
As countries deadlock at COP29, take Grist’s quiz to find out whose side you’re on.
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![People walk past the logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024.]()
![People walk past the logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024.]()
Biden wants to triple nuclear energy generation. Trump will make the call.
At this year's U.N. climate talks, the Biden team hopes a push for one of the most controversial forms of zero-emissions power will be palatable to the president's successor.
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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‘Net-zero’ banks raised $1 trillion for fossil fuel giants
Taken together, the projects being financed would produce almost seven times the annual emissions of the United States.
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![Donald Trump and Lee Zeldin stand side by side at lecterns]()
![Donald Trump and Lee Zeldin stand side by side at lecterns]()
Trump picked Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA. What will that mean for environmental policy?
What to expect: deregulation justified as boosts for the economy, and platitudes about the importance of clean air and water.
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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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![John Podesta, the U.S. Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy, speaks to the media on the opening day of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 11, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.]()
![John Podesta, the U.S. Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy, speaks to the media on the opening day of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 11, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.]()
‘We may have less to offer’: US negotiators confront diminished standing at COP29
The Biden administration tried to project confidence in the early days of the U.N. climate conference, but all signs point to a reduced U.S. role.
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