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Kamea Sibley Ozane and Roishetta Sibley Ozane: Pollution is making Louisianans sick, and they’re fighting back

My name is Kamea and I am 10 years old. I live in Sulphur, Louisiana near the Gulf Coast with my mom and my brothers and sisters. I love my home, but I’ve also learned that pollution from oil and gas is making me and the environment sick and it is also contributing to climate change.

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Australian inquiry into coal mine safety

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Mineworker doubts 'real' change will come from parliamentary inquiry into coal mine safety

When veteran miner Scott Leggett goes to work, he leaves behind his nine-year-old daughter Anika who worries he "might get badly injured" or that he won't come home at all.

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Dauté Martin: Katrina babies are hurting, but we are healing, too

What happened to the children who lived through Hurricane Katrina?

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Emma Beddington: I sat on a wet towel, my stepfather sent apocalyptic texts, but our long-term response to the UK’s heatwave must be action

Nationally, structurally, our lack of preparedness for extreme heat is a disaster in waiting, as more wearily urgent experts keep telling us.

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The ‘old American dream,’ a trap as the floods keep coming

In Houston’s poorest neighborhoods, an unfamiliar winter storm stoked a familiar anguish, one fueled by recurring floods and what residents see as a pattern of neglect.

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Kamea Sibley Ozane and Roishetta Sibley Ozane: Pollution is making Louisianans sick, and they’re fighting back

Mineworker doubts 'real' change will come from parliamentary inquiry into coal mine safety

Dauté Martin: Katrina babies are hurting, but we are healing, too

Emma Beddington: I sat on a wet towel, my stepfather sent apocalyptic texts, but our long-term response to the UK’s heatwave must be action

Climate change is making young people question if it's ethical to have children

The ‘old American dream,’ a trap as the floods keep coming

A climate-themed version of Catan sparks new conversations

Opinion: Building climate resilience fails to protect human health

Montana’s Supreme Court debates climate law's constitutionality

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

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