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Betting on green hydrogen in Chile, a road fraught with obstacles

Chile is in a privileged position in the world to produce green hydrogen and boost the development of the new fuel thanks to the country's optimal conditions for generating solar and wind energy, but the large investment required and the scarcity of water are two of the biggest obstacles to overcome.

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Burkina Faso: Climate change triggers rural exodus

The Sahel is experiencing an overall decrease in rainfall, but also a depletion of soils due to agricultural overexploitation and progressive deforestation of the original savannahs by cutting firewood, bush fires and stray animals.

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Thermal houses keep people warm in Peru's Andean highlands

Thirty families from a rural community more than 4,300 meters above sea level will have warm houses that will protect them from the freezing temperatures that each year cause deaths and diseases among children and older adults.

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Chile has medicine against desertification, but does not take it

The retention of rainwater which otherwise is lost at sea could be an excellent medicine against the advance of the desert from northern to central Chile, but there is no political will to take the necessary actions, according to experts and representatives of affected communities.

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Toasting to a more sustainable planet with Argentine wine

The region of Cuyo in west-central Argentina is famous for its vineyards. But it is one of the areas in the country hit hardest by the effects of climate change, such as desertification and the melting of mountain top snow.

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Victor Tsang and Shari Nijman: When environmental crises hit homes, women suffer the most

While environmental changes affect everyone, due to existing gender inequalities, women often bear the bulk of the burden.

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Betting on green hydrogen in Chile, a road fraught with obstacles

Burkina Faso: Climate change triggers rural exodus

Father Raymond J. de Souza: The good (and bad) of carbon tax economics

Thermal houses keep people warm in Peru's Andean highlands

Chile has medicine against desertification, but does not take it

Toasting to a more sustainable planet with Argentine wine

Victor Tsang and Shari Nijman: When environmental crises hit homes, women suffer the most

Many congressional Republicans still deny climate science

Trump’s plans unsettle federal workers

Alberta's energy 'war room' collapses amid new federal ad rules

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

Op-ed: The climate crisis demands a move away from car dependency

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way