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States withhold cooling aid for the poor as heat gets deadlier
Many states refuse to use money from a federal program to help low-income people pay for cooling bills or repairs.
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‘People are dying’: Texas prisoners say heatwave turns cells into ovens
State’s prisons at crisis point with temperatures regularly above 115F threatening physical and mental health of inmates.
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How a small island nation is taking climate change to court
In an exclusive interview, Vanuatu’s climate minister Ralph Regenvanu discusses the country’s leadership on climate reparations and accountability.
Greta Thunberg: Not phasing out fossil fuels is ‘death sentence’ for world’s poor
Rich countries are signing a “death sentence” for millions of poor people around the world by failing to phase out fossil fuels, the climate activist Greta Thunberg has told governments.
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Mining critical to renewable energy tied to hundreds of alleged human rights abuses
A report released Wednesday faults the U.S. and other nations for providing incentives for the mining of rare metals like lithium and cobalt without enacting adequate labor and environmental safeguards, Katie Surma reports for Inside Climate News.
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Key quote
“We have to move away from fossil fuels and that requires minerals to manufacture renewable technologies,” said Caroline Avan, one of the authors of the report. “There is no way around that, but it should not mean we have to mine everywhere without any sort of safeguards.”
Big picture
Global demand for mission-critical minerals and metals and the promise of massive profits are a powerful incentive to cut corners and discourage public input through corrupt processes and at times, violent suppression of human rights defenders.
Read the full story at Inside Climate News
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Vietnamese anti-coal campaigner freed early from prison
Vietnamese anti-coal campaigner Nguy Thi Khanh has been freed early from prison on tax evasion charges, in a boost to Vietnam's energy transition hopes.
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West Oakland faces a test: Undoing decades of environmental injustice
Highway and city planners saddled a once-proud Black community with freeways and diesel fumes, while more affluent neighborhoods were spared such burdens.
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