Articles by Senior Staff Writer Tik Root
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![Young Portuguese citizens address media outside the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after a hearing in a climate change case involving themselves against 32 countries, in Strasbourg, eastern France, on September 27, 2023.]()
![Young Portuguese citizens address media outside the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after a hearing in a climate change case involving themselves against 32 countries, in Strasbourg, eastern France, on September 27, 2023.]()
Young people take European governments to court over climate inaction
The European Court of Human Rights is hearing one of the most ambitious legal efforts yet to force action on climate change. If successful, it could be legally binding.
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![A wildfire burns on a wooded hillside behind a beachfront neighborhood in Malibu, California.]()
![A wildfire burns on a wooded hillside behind a beachfront neighborhood in Malibu, California.]()
Climate risks place 39 million US homes at risk of losing their insurance
"Sound pricing is going to make it unaffordable to live in certain places as climate impacts emerge."
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![A vast field full of towering wind turbines is seen in the background with the small town of Rio Vista, California in the foreground.]()
![A vast field full of towering wind turbines is seen in the background with the small town of Rio Vista, California in the foreground.]()
This tax tweak is supercharging Biden’s climate agenda
For the first time, clean energy tax credits are transferable, and the market for them is surging.
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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.”
