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Coal industry is 'delusional', South Africa climate change official says

The executive director of South Africa's Presidential Commission on Climate Change called the country's coal industry "delusional" on Wednesday, saying the market for the fossil fuel is going to dwindle rapidly in the next decade.
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Nigeria's homes are vanishing into the sea from climate change

When an ocean surge washed away Mureni Sanni Alakija's house in 2011, he took a loan to build a home farther away. But that too is no longer safe as the sea creeps inland in Okun Alfa, a neighbourhood in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos.
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South Africa rejects Eskom pollution exemptions, utility says 16,000 MW at risk

South Africa has rejected state power provider Eskom's request to remain exempt from pollution standards on some coal-fired power stations, which the utility said would force it to immediately shut down 16,000 MW of capacity.

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DiCaprio calls 'Don't Look Up' a 'unique gift' to climate change fight

Leonardo DiCaprio calls his new movie "Don't Look Up" a gift. Not because he got to work with a cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Timothee Chalamet and Jonah Hill, to name just a few, but because the film captures the perils of climate change, while also making people laugh.

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Shipping companies feel the heat as investors shun coal
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Shipping companies feel the heat as investors shun coal

Shipping companies that transport the world's coal are in the crosshairs of some financial backers who are cleaning up their businesses in the absence of a truly global drive by nations to renounce the dirtiest fossil fuel.
Factbox: COP26: What would success look like at the climate summit?
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Factbox: COP26: What would success look like at the climate summit?

Making a final assessment of the progress achieved over the two weeks of the COP26 talks in Glasgow will be complex. Unlike past climate summits, the event won't deliver a new treaty or one big "win".
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New international carbon tax on shipping is significant, but falls short of climate goals

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

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

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

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NRC denies full hearing on Palisades nuclear restart challenge

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

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Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

Pope Francis smiles and waves as an enormous crowd surrounds him taking pictures.

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