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Some will question its credibility — but the alternative future to the one imagined in the World Justice Report is far more bleak.

Our plan is radical — but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World Inequality Lab.

Days after the U.S. said it would kill a network of ocean monitors, European officials pledged to invest more in their version, calling it a “necessity.”
The National Center for Atmospheric Research is the latest example of how the Trump administration’s efforts to chainsaw the federal government can happen too fast for the courts or Congress to counter.

B.C. natural gas would replace Russian gas, not coal, which experts say weakens arguments that liquefied natural gas lowers global emissions

Lawmakers in New York wanted to lead the energy transition, but Governor Kathy Hochul is worried about the cost of ditching natural gas.

Legislation that would make Louisiana the fifth state this year to buffer oil and gas companies from climate lawsuits is awaiting the governor’s signature.

The lead attorney for the 22 plaintiffs said the court has “slammed the courthouse doors on children fighting for their lives.”
A mining company sent an advanced ship to try to pluck valuable minerals from the deep ocean. Here’s how it worked.
Do you know where a data center is due to be constructed in your area? An increasing number of US citizens can answer "yes" — thanks to a map created by Erin Brockovich. DW explains why people need to know.

Led by New York, the attorneys general argue that the administration’s agreement to reimburse the energy giant for abandoning its offshore wind leases is illegal.

Even a huge snowpack during the coming winter would only give the river basin states less than two years of storage before reservoirs return to historic lows.

The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that monitors marine ecosystems and the effects of climate change.
The lawsuit argues that it is illegal to pay the French energy giant TotalEnergies $795 million to cancel a planned wind farm off New York.

Novel forms of CO2 removal must expand at ‘highly ambitious rates’ if the world is to limit global heating to 1.5C, says study.

A new study calculates the dollar value of wetlands in reducing river flooding. But in Sackett vs. EPA, the high court rolled back protections for nature’s first line of defense.
President Donald Trump’s political grudges are complicating Congress' efforts to advance a new Water Resources Development Act.

Investigation reveals regulator let firms off the hook on cleanup bonds despite backlog that will take decades to clear.

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