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Climate Crisis
Rich Countries at COP30 Are Robbing the Global South of Climate Financing
Loans, accounting tricks, private investment, and meager pledges undermine a key tool for addressing climate crisis.
Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In.
The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers — and the planet.
Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Outnumbered Negotiators, Delegates at UN Climate Talks
“This is climate obstruction at work,” says Nina Lakhani, senior climate justice reporter for The Guardian US.
Hurricane Melissa Recovery Puts Jamaica’s Climate Resilience Plan to the Test
A $150 million “catastrophe bond” will help the island recover, but experts hope for more investment in adaptation.
CBS News Guts Climate Team as New Conservative Management Takes Charge
The staff cuts came following a push by the climate team's lead producer to accurately report on Hurricane Melissa.
Black Communities Across the US Refuse to Be Sacrifice Zones for Data Centers
From Texas to Virginia and everywhere in between, Black residents are confronting these projects in different ways.
Months After LA Wildfires, Disabled Residents Still Struggle to Find Safe Housing
Advocates say California’s disaster response has failed to protect people with disabilities.
Jamaican Americans Mobilize for the Island’s Recovery After Hurricane Melissa
Power lines, roads, and bridges were damaged, and more than half a million people were left without electricity.
Hurricanes Should Be Named After Fossil Fuel Executives, Climate Activist Says
Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history.
UN Climate Progress Report Ahead of COP30 Is “a Warning Siren”
Countries pledged just a 10 percent emissions cut; breaching 1.5°C warming is now “inevitable,” said António Guterres.