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![Aerial view of lithium mine evaporation ponds in the Atacama Desert (in Salar de Atacama, Chile) with mountains in the background]()
![Aerial view of lithium mine evaporation ponds in the Atacama Desert (in Salar de Atacama, Chile) with mountains in the background]()
Chile’s national lithium strategy raises questions about the environmental and social costs of EVs
Critics want the move to go beyond raising revenue and to protect ecosystems and communities from unnecessary extraction.
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![Over the slope of a green mountain, a snow-covered mountain peak appears in the distance.]()
For Uganda’s vanishing glaciers, time is running out
The loss of the once-sprawling ice fields in the Rwenzori Mountains has profound implications for local communities, uniquely adapted species, and scientists studying the climate record.
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![Imiría Lake in Peru]()
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Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the Shipibo people are battling conservation authorities to reclaim management of their land.
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How the world’s favorite conservation model was built on colonial violence
30x30 has been pitched as a key tool in the climate fight. Indigenous peoples say it threatens their lives.
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![Three boys stand next to a banyan tree upended by a cyclone, giant roots exposed.]()
![Three boys stand next to a banyan tree upended by a cyclone, giant roots exposed.]()
The tiny island nation of Vanuatu just scored a big climate win
It convinced the UN to urge the world's highest court to rule on whether polluting nations must address climate change
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UN reaches historic agreement to protect the world’s oceans
The treaty, if ratified, will establish a new set of rules aimed at conserving marine species and ecosystems.
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![The LOTOS Oil Refinery and a nearby gas station in Gdansk, Poland.]()
![The LOTOS Oil Refinery and a nearby gas station in Gdansk, Poland.]()
Report: World’s fossil fuel subsidies surged to $1 trillion after Ukraine invasion
European Union countries spent big to fight rising costs.
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More than 75% of global insect species not adequately protected
Bugs need conservation areas too.
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Not to be outdone, the EU commits $270 billion to its own Green New Deal
No one wants to be left behind in the growing green economy.
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![Woodland path with tree trunk in the foreground and beech trees with bright green leaves forming a canopy]()
![Woodland path with tree trunk in the foreground and beech trees with bright green leaves forming a canopy]()
Britain’s protected natural areas are failing to stop biodiversity loss
A new study offers insight into how to better protect biodiversity.
