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Planet in peril: 30 years of climate talks in six charts
As leaders gather for the U.N. climate summit in Brazil this month - three decades after the world's first annual climate conference - the data charting progress in the fight against global warming tells a sobering story.
China, world’s top carbon polluter, likely to overdeliver on climate goals. Will that be enough?
Experts say China is likely to exceed its modest climate goals, but question if it will be enough to help the world curb warming.
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Elections set up national battleground over electricity
Republicans got hammered in Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races, but Democrats still need to find their message on energy policy.
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It was a very good election for the climate
In the first election of Donald Trump's second term, voters make clear that they're unhappy with his energy policies — and they still care about climate action.
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Making forest protection more lucrative than destruction
From the Amazon to the Congo, rain forests are vital ecosystems that have long been plundered to make way for mining or agriculture. But a new global forest fund aims to reward conservation.
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Coal miners with black lung fight Trump on rollback of health, safety protections
Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.
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Wildfire mitigation in New Mexico down 53% since Trump took office
A new analysis by a wildland firefighter advocacy group finds that wildfire mitigation in New Mexico, including prescribed burns and forest thinning, has plunged by more than half since Donald Trump took office, raising alarms amid an already severe backlog in forest management and a predicted dry winter.
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