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Documents show plan for leader of COP28 climate talks to promote fossil fuels

Behind the scenes, the Emirates has sought to use its position as host to pursue a contradictory goal: to lobby on oil and gas deals around the world, according to an internal document made public by a whistle-blower.

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What ending fossil fuel extraction across the world would look like

What if the entire world stopped extracting fossil fuels? Here’s what it would take to phase out oil, gas and coal.
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Anthony Iarrapino: Vermont needs to overcome its NIMBY notions

Vermonters have for a long time had the luxury of imposing much of our energy production pollution burdens on those who live in faraway places. Our complicity in this environmental injustice is yet another reason to embrace clean, local renewable alternatives.
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Scientists urge end to fossil fuel use as landmark IPCC report readied

The world must abandon fossil fuels as a matter of urgency, rather than entrusting the future climate to untried “techno-fixes” such as sucking carbon out of the air, scientists and campaigners have urged, as governments wrangled over last-minute changes to a landmark scientific report.

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'Stranded costs' mount as coal vanishes from the grid
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'Stranded costs' mount as coal vanishes from the grid

Utilities across the country are shuttering coal plants that are being squeezed out by cheaper, cleaner alternatives. But what's left behind are millions of dollars of so-called stranded costs on the companies' books - costs someone must shoulder.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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California struggles to electrify trucks as Trump administration blocks state rules

Rare earth mining toxic pollution

The hidden cost of powering your phone might be someone else’s cancer

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Toxic mine runoff cleanup revives West Virginia waterways and extracts rare earth elements

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Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

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EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

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Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

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China ramps up solar and wind power as clean energy output shatters global records

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Melting ice and microplastics signal deepening disruption in Antarctica’s climate system