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Two-thirds of tropical rainforest destroyed or degraded globally, NGO says

Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world's original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals – raising alarm that a key natural buffer against climate change is quickly vanishing.

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After fires, Australia gets ready for floods

Just days after bushfires threatened an Australian World Heritage site, thousands were bracing for floods on the subtropical east coast on Sunday, with beaches closed and the authorities urging people to sandbag their homes.

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Allstate Corp CEO eyes climate insurance plan under potential Biden win

Allstate Corp wants a potential Democratic administration to back a taxpayer-funded program that would pay for losses caused by the largest climate-change fueled natural disasters, the Illinois-based insurer's chief executive said.

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Fires and climate fears rattle Australia's giant coal lobby

As bushfires and floods fuel public concerns in Australia about global warming, the country's powerful mining lobby is facing increasing pressure from investors to drop support for new coal mines, according to a dozen interviews with shareholders in global mining companies.

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More US companies discussing climate change in wake of hurricanes, wildfires

The bankruptcy of major California utility PG&E Corp as a result of over $30 billion in costs from California wildfires sparked by the state's prolonged drought will likely prompt more companies to discuss how they will respond to the effects of climate change on their businesses.

Rain may hamper search for California wildfire victims

Emergency services stepped up their efforts on Monday to find remains of victims of California's deadliest ever wildfire as nearly 1,000 people remained unaccounted for, but rain expected this week could make that search harder and raise the risk of dangerous mudslides.

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Wind-fanned wildfires threaten to spread in parched Oklahoma

Wildfires which have killed two people in western Oklahoma could spread and more could ignite as wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour whip an area where scant rain has fallen in five months, fire and forestry officials said on Tuesday.

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Two-thirds of tropical rainforest destroyed or degraded globally, NGO says

After fires, Australia gets ready for floods

Allstate Corp CEO eyes climate insurance plan under potential Biden win

Fires and climate fears rattle Australia's giant coal lobby

Rain may hamper search for California wildfire victims

Wind-fanned wildfires threaten to spread in parched Oklahoma

Houses of worship could help fuel the energy transition. Solar evangelists are hard at work on that

California advances climate action with new legislation

The Siberian tundra is exploding. New research helps explain why.

New EPA proposal aims to strike down landmark climate "endangerment finding"

Wildfire burns historic Grand Canyon lodge as toxic gas leak complicates response

Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

Trump’s killing of climate grants has recipients second-guessing federal help

Young climate activists who won landmark trial are challenging Trump's energy orders