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Meet the ‘closer’ who finds the right words when climate talks hit a wall

Sue Biniaz is considered one of the most innovative American legal minds when it comes to climate negotiations. She once rescued a collapsing deal by using quotation marks.

Solutions

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Biden to pick Brenda Mallory to run the Council on Environmental Quality

The office, the Council on Environmental Quality, is expected to have an expanded focus on environmental justice under Ms. Mallory, an environmental lawyer.

Impacts

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PG&E’s settlement with wildfire victims faces crucial vote

Some victims think the $13.5 billion deal is flawed and are worried that a lawyer who negotiated it has a conflict of interest.

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Meet the ‘closer’ who finds the right words when climate talks hit a wall

Biden to pick Brenda Mallory to run the Council on Environmental Quality

PG&E’s settlement with wildfire victims faces crucial vote

New international carbon tax on shipping is significant, but falls short of climate goals

Tankers shipping U.S. LNG emit more greenhouse gases than all the country's electric cars can offset

UK pilot tests carbon removal by drawing CO2 from seawater instead of air

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

NRC denies full hearing on Palisades nuclear restart challenge

Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

Pope Francis, who used faith and science to call out the climate crisis, dies at 88