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Biden announces restrictions on methane emissions at COP27

The president touted U.S. plans to cut methane emissions and boost climate funding to developing countries in an address that sought to reclaim the mantle of global leadership on efforts to limit climate change.

Impacts

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Pakistan minister sees climate change link to ‘monster monsoon’

Pakistan’s top climate official blamed climate change for the country’s deadliest flooding in more than a decade, as intense monsoon rains washed away villages and crops, killing more than 900 people since late June.

Politics

Schumer lobbies Democrats to back Manchin climate, tax and healthcare deal

Senate Democrats met behind closed doors to discuss a revived package aimed at lowering carbon emissions and curbing healthcare costs, a day after Sen. Joe Manchin threw his support behind a deal.

Impacts

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Republicans focus on effects, not causes, of climate change

Republican governors are confronting rising sea levels and wildfires as concern increases. “We’re not doing any left-wing stuff,” Florida’s Ron DeSantis says.

Solutions

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Wildfires are hurting California program to fight climate change

Researchers say trees set aside as part of cap-and-trade system are releasing carbon as they burn in fires that are more destructive than regulators had anticipated.

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Flooding in Germany demonstrates need to prepare for climate change, scientists say

When German politicians flocked to the scenes of last week's devastating floods that left more than 170 in the country dead, they all agreed on one thing regardless of their partisan persuasions: The record rainfalls and ensuing disaster were the product of climate change.

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Biden policies would help unwind destructive forces of inequality, climate change, Yellen says

The U.S. economy needs ambitious fiscal policy to help unwind destructive forces, such as racial inequality and climate change, that have kept prosperity out of reach for millions of Americans, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers Wednesday.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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Pakistan minister sees climate change link to ‘monster monsoon’

Schumer lobbies Democrats to back Manchin climate, tax and healthcare deal

Republicans focus on effects, not causes, of climate change

Wildfires are hurting California program to fight climate change

Flooding in Germany demonstrates need to prepare for climate change, scientists say

Biden policies would help unwind destructive forces of inequality, climate change, Yellen says

Flooding from Hurricane Helene leaves North Carolina mountain residents isolated and at risk

Hurricanes’ hidden death toll lingers long after the storm ends

Hurricane Helene exposes Southeast's flood insurance gap

Federal tax subsidies for carbon capture raise verification concerns

As Biden prepares to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, pollution concerns persist in Pennsylvania

A Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations selected for federal environmental justice funding

Hurricane Helene shifts climate change into focus for 2024 campaign

Heritage Foundation targets federal agencies with a flood of FOIA requests