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Cash-Strapped Tribes Struggle With Moral Dilemmas of Entering Carbon Markets
Opponents describe them as a scheme that will appropriate land and resources without addressing roots of climate crisis.
AOC Warns We May Lock in US Emissions If Build Back Better Fails
This comes as the Senate-approved bipartisan bill passed the House after 13 Republicans crossed the aisle to support it.
2021 Was Terrible for North American Glaciers. COP26 May Seal Their Fate.
Some glaciers lost four times as much mass this decade compared to the decade before.
Technology Fetishism Reigns at COP26. It’ll Keep Us Burning Fossil Fuels.
Britain, host of the conference, has the influence of climate deniers and the fossil-fuel lobby on display at Glasgow.
Barbados Prime Minister: 2 Degrees of Warming Is “Death Sentence” for Millions
Prime Minister Mia Mottley implored global leaders to act in the interest of all the world's people.
Study Warns “Luxury” Pollution by the Mega-Rich Is Imperiling the Planet
Emissions from a single billionaire’s space flight exceed the emissions that others cause through their entire lives.
Activists Push for World Leaders to Join Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
The treaty would supplement the Paris Agreement by directly targeting the fossil fuel industry.
More Than 20 Nations Vow to End Funding for Overseas Fossil Fuel Projects
The latest pledge declares support toward a clean energy transition.
Ensuring That the Global Methane Pledge Is More Than Just Words Won’t Be Easy
Methane emissions are notoriously underreported and an accurate baseline is needed to measure progress toward reduction.
Biden Condemned for Approving Fossil Fuel Lease Sales Amid COP26
The proposal to open up 734,000 acres of public land for extraction could unleash up to 246 million tons of emissions.