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![Rickshaws traveling through a flooded area of Chittagong.]()
![Rickshaws traveling through a flooded area of Chittagong.]()
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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![Yellow caution sign in California warning of flood zone due to rain]()
![Yellow caution sign in California warning of flood zone due to rain]()
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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![Photo of a biogas plant on top of photo of cattle feedlot]()
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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![a black and yellow electric school bus sits in an outdoor parking lot]()
US unveils $1 billion effort to electrify school buses
Electric buses are coming to nearly 400 school districts.
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![Joe Biden and climate envoy John Kerry at podiums]()
![Joe Biden and climate envoy John Kerry at podiums]()
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.
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![Collage: people protesting poor air quality; a house with an air monitor in the yard; smokestacks with hand drawn smoke]()
![Collage: people protesting poor air quality; a house with an air monitor in the yard; smokestacks with hand drawn smoke]()
Congress is spending millions on new air monitors. Will it make a difference?
The new climate bill could help reveal industrial pollution. But no law requires the government to act.
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![A man in a suit stands in front of industrial plant]()
![A man in a suit stands in front of industrial plant]()
EPA finally calls out environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
In a “remarkable” letter, the EPA accused Louisiana regulators of neglecting Black residents’ concerns about toxic air pollution.
