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Will COP30 finally prioritize Indigenous voices?

Will COP30 finally prioritize Indigenous voices?

Indigenous and community leaders see the upcoming U.N. climate talks in the heart of the Amazon Basin as an unprecedented opportunity to infuse global climate ambitions with justice and inclusiveness.
insideclimatenews.org
A man and woman inspecting a solar panel

How can Canada help workers through a green transition?

A new report from the C.D. Howe Institute says Canada must strengthen job training and improve occupational data to help fossil fuel workers transition into renewable energy roles.

thetyee.ca
floating homes on seacoast

What if flood-threatened homes could float?

Elizabeth English noticed many raised homes floated up with Hurricane Katrina’s flood waters and remained structurally sound after the water receded, dropping them back onto their foundations.
lailluminator.com
Brown-skinned hand grasping cocoa pod

Green by tradition: Africa's path to lower carbon footprint

Climate change is wreaking havoc across the globe, and Africa is no exception. Yet, the continent is turning to its roots, leveraging indigenous knowledge and practices to cut carbon emissions. These community-driven initiatives are showing promising results.
www.dw.com
coral reef with tropical fish

2 iconic coral species are now functionally extinct off Florida, study finds – we witnessed the reef’s bleaching and devastation

The crucial reef-building corals were decimated by a marine heat wave in the Florida Keys. Can advances in restoration help them recover?
theconversation.com
Paddleboarder in Cook Islands

In the depths of the ocean, a new contest between the US and China emerges

Around the Cook Islands, the world’s two most powerful countries are exploring the possibility of deep-sea mining for critical minerals
www.theguardian.com
Aerial view of mining equipment on bare grey earth

‘We are just waiting to die’: Mining activists targeted as South Africa delays energy transition

Environmental justice activists have spoken out against coal and iron mining in South Africa, telling a recent human rights hearing that the industry violently undermines the country’s promised energy transition.

news.mongabay.com
Colonial buildings in the town of Paramaribo Suriname

Why one of the world’s greenest countries is betting its future on oil

Suriname says it can build an oil industry without harming the planet. Is it climate pragmatism — or wishful thinking?
grist.org
A group of people with buckets trying to carry water from a flooded apartment building

Victims of Valencia floods grapple with mental toll as rain returns

The sound of rain still triggers panic in Jose Manuel Gonzalez, a year after he spent six hours clinging to a traffic light as floods in the Valencia region of Spain swept away everything in their path, killing more than 220 people including his brother.
www.reuters.com
A row of data center cooling towers connected to a building with pipes

Why your electric bill is so high now: Blame AI data centers

A surge in data centers built to power artificial intelligence is straining the electric grid and pushing consumer power bills higher, with utilities investing in infrastructure that may never be needed.

www.vox.com
US President Donald Trump gesturing with pointing finger.

Trump takes aim at European climate law after killing UN shipping fee

Once again the United States is using its economic might to pressure other countries to back down from an effort to limit greenhouse gas pollution.
www.politico.com
A view of tundra and yellow bushes with fog in the distance

Trump administration moves toward an Arctic Alaska oil lease sale despite the government shutdown

The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to auction oil and gas leases across millions of acres in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, reversing decades of protections for sensitive Arctic habitats.

alaskabeacon.com
Philippines typhoon survivors walking in storm aftermath

Is Shell to blame for a ‘super typhoon’? Philippines survivors to sue oil giant in legal first

Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021.

www.theguardian.com
A man sitting in front of computer screens with data charts and maps on the screens

See the record-breaking disaster data the government won’t publish

Disaster data, revived by former NOAA scientists after federal tracking was cut, highlights the growing toll of climate-fueled disasters on American communities.

www.usatoday.com
Solar panels on a background of blue sky with a flagpole and the flag of Puerto Rico

A judge told feds to consider solar for Puerto Rico. Will Trump bite?

The administration is diverting funds that had been set aside for renewable energy to support the island's storm-battered grid.
www.eenews.net
solar panel, wind turbines, and nuclear power plant

How China raced ahead of the U.S. on nuclear power

The United States was once the undisputed leader in atomic energy. Now it is trying to catch up.
www.nytimes.com
A refinery under a pink, cloud-strewn sky.

Gulf South residents and green groups sue Trump and EPA over toxic air pollution exemptions

The lawsuit fights a White House proclamation exempting 50 chemical manufacturing plants from hard-won restrictions on cancer-causing pollutants.
insideclimatenews.org
A woman in a hard hat kneels next to a solar panel in a green field holding a tablet

Northern Virginia farm tests if solar and agriculture can live in harmony

The Piedmont Environmental Council is exploring whether solar energy and agriculture can share the same land through agrivoltaics—an approach that could help Virginia meet its clean energy goals while preserving farmland.

virginiamercury.com
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