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Science 'under attack' from fossil fuel interests at UN climate talks
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (1014+ words) Our reporters are in the negotiating rooms at the Bonn climate talks. This is the coverage that other outlets often skip " get unlimited access from "40/quarter. Dozens of countries have called out growing "coordinated attacks" by fossil fuel interests aimed…...
The vote that stopped a data center: US communities query resource-hungry AI
7+ hour, 9+ min ago (1157+ words) On quiet streets across the Californian city of Monterey Park, green-and-white "YES on Measure NDC" signs stood on front-yard lawns as volunteers walked door-to-door, drumming up support among residents to vote in favor of a ban on new data centers…...
UN's first Paris Agreement carbon credits face human rights and climate concerns
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (1126+ words) Our reporters are in the negotiating rooms at the Bonn climate talks. This is the coverage that other outlets often skip " get unlimited access from "40/quarter. Civil society groups have called for an investigation into the first carbon credits approved…...
The Pacific made history in the courts - now we must do it in the negotiations
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (889+ words) Climate Home News is on the ground in Bonn " one of the few outlets covering the negotiations that will shape COP31 in November. Vishal Prasad is director of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change. When the International Court of Justice (ICJ)…...
Offshore oil and gas expansion threatens key marine ecosystems
1+ week, 5+ day ago (752+ words) "It is alarming to see the research findings and the sheer scale of fossil fuel expansion trajectories threatening the health and future of our shared ocean," said Tyson Miller, Executive Director of Earth Insight, one of the environmental NGOs involved…...
The scramble to stockpile minerals could drive up energy transition costs
1+ week, 5+ day ago (966+ words) Stockpiling "is happening, whether we like it or not", said Miller. "But if we're going to do it, we need to have it in a coordinated manner that means we don't have massive market volatility and adverse implications from every…...
Green group closes down, blaming "limits" of shareholder activism
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (1195+ words) But last month, the group's then executive director Matt Price put out a statement saying it was shutting down. Despite some progress, Price explained, his organisation had concluded that "investor accountability has reached its limits". This "tragedy of the commons…...
Indonesia's failing Just Energy Transition Partnership is a cautionary tale
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (1016+ words) Our goal is simple: to help you make sense of the policy decisions shaping the planet and what they mean for all of us. Freddie Daley is a research associate with the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University…...
Agricultural subsidies can be repurposed for a just and sustainable rural transition
2+ week, 2+ day ago (697+ words) Our goal is simple: to help you make sense of the policy decisions shaping the planet and what they mean for all of us. Orhan Solak is deputy director of T'rkiye's Directorate of Climate Change. In today's fraught economic context,…...
Health risks from climate change spur stronger public support for action, research finds
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1189+ words) Informing people about the health risks linked to climate change is twice as likely to spur public support for government-led climate action than messages focused on economic or environmental impacts, an international study has found. Based on a survey of…...