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![Women activists protest and demand a Loss and Damage fund during the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference, held by UNFCCC in Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center, Egypt on November 17, 2022.]()
![Women activists protest and demand a Loss and Damage fund during the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference, held by UNFCCC in Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center, Egypt on November 17, 2022.]()
UN countries agreed to support climate reparations. Now they’re deadlocked on the details.
The celebrated “loss and damage” fund is stalled over disagreements about who should pay in, who should receive funds, and the role of the World Bank.
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![Transmission lines with blue sky]()
![Transmission lines with blue sky]()
The US electric grid is getting a $3.5 billion upgrade
New funding from the Biden administration aims to build an energy system more resilient against climate impacts.
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![The arms of a white man sitting in the driver's seat of a car holding a laptop]()
![The arms of a white man sitting in the driver's seat of a car holding a laptop]()
Tesla and Rivian signed a right-to-repair pact. Repair advocates are skeptical.
Despite a “landmark” agreement, automakers and the repair industry are still fighting over who controls car data.
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![California Governor Gavin Newsom]()
![California Governor Gavin Newsom]()
California enacts far-reaching climate disclosure laws
New laws passed this weekend tackle carbon offsets, corporate emissions, and clean energy.
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![Senator Dianne Feinstein speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Biden's jobs plan in April 2021.]()
![Senator Dianne Feinstein speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Biden's jobs plan in April 2021.]()
Dianne Feinstein dies, leaving a complicated legacy on climate issues
The California senator fought for conservation but drew criticism for rebuking the Green New Deal.
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![A storm-damaged gas station is reflected in a puddle after Hurricane Idalia passed over Perry, Florida on August 30, 2023.]()
![A storm-damaged gas station is reflected in a puddle after Hurricane Idalia passed over Perry, Florida on August 30, 2023.]()
Disaster recovery projects stall nationwide as FEMA runs out of money
The agency has paused $2.8 billion in spending as it braces for a looming government shutdown.
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![U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak]()
![U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak]()
The climate culture wars reach British shores
Critics say Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's recent changes to EV, heat pump, and insulation targets will only hurt the households he purports they'll help.
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![Photo of President Biden sitting at a podium]()
![Photo of President Biden sitting at a podium]()
Want to join the American Climate Corps? Here’s what we know so far.
Biden's program is expected to hire 20,000 young people in its first year.
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![Two people are seen in a vast tract of Amazon rainforest that has been cleared of trees.]()
![Two people are seen in a vast tract of Amazon rainforest that has been cleared of trees.]()
Amazon deforestation continues to plummet
“This shows how an election can change the fate of the Amazon.”
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![A caribou herd roams across the tundra in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.]()
![A caribou herd roams across the tundra in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.]()
Biden bars oil drilling across a wide swath of Alaska’s Arctic
The moves would cancel Trump-era oil leases in ANWR and protect millions of acres on the North Slope from drilling.
