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Crews work to restore flooded Native villages. Will Alaskans return?

Mon, 11/10/2025 - 6:19am
Residents question whether the villages can survive in the face of rising seas, erosion, melting permafrost and worsening storms.

Walmart heir’s family office commits $100M for debt swaps

Mon, 11/10/2025 - 6:18am
Governments — typically developing nations — use swaps to refinance debt and direct savings toward environmental projects.

Tehran faces water rationing, evacuations if rain doesn’t come soon

Mon, 11/10/2025 - 6:18am
The city of 9 million's reservoirs have fallen to their lowest level in 60 years.

Jamaica cat bond headed for full payout after hurricane, World Bank says

Mon, 11/10/2025 - 6:18am
The island country is also set to get coverage in the form of prearranged credits and parametric insurance.

UN launches carbon market in bid to accelerate climate action

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 6:16am
The market lets countries fund climate projects and could trigger billions of dollars in investments for cutting emissions.

How Virginia's next AG could influence energy policy

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 6:16am
Dominion Energy spent more than $3 million to try to keep Democrat Jay Jones out of office.

Why this legacy of Amtrak Joe may outlast Trump

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 6:15am
Republicans from Montana to Mississippi have embraced the Biden administration’s push to expand passenger rail nationwide.

Shell funds carbon removal plant that makes water

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 6:14am
The pilot facility planned by Avnos would use direct air capture technology that also pulls moisture from the sky.

Keir Starmer, climate leader (when the Treasury lets him)

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 6:12am
The U.K. prime minister is heading to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil to show climate still matters Britain, even in the age of Trump. But back at home, Starmer blows hot and cold on all things green.

Singapore environment minister says COP30 talks show optimism

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 6:12am
Grace Fu said the atmosphere in Belém is “more positive than we had expected.”

EU’s biggest political group bets on far-right support to cut green rules

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 6:10am
A push to slash red tape drives an ever-bigger wedge between Europe’s traditional centrist coalition.

EU signals flexibility on ESG after threats from Qatar, US

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 6:09am
The directive is intended to force companies to provide climate transition plans and exposes them to penalties if they don't address human rights violations in their value chains.

'I could feel the roof pick up.' Hospitals face new disaster risks under Trump.

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 6:21am
The president's megalaw is making it difficult for cash-strapped hospitals to gird for storms that are being turbocharged by climate change.

Trump’s fossil fuel crusade confronts the climate faithful

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 6:19am
Pulling out of the Paris climate agreement was not enough, an ex-aide to the U.S. president says on the eve of a summit in Brazil: "You have to potentially destroy it."

How rising energy prices fueled Democratic victories

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 6:17am
Successful candidates in Virginia, New Jersey and Georgia focused on high electricity bills at a time when utilities are struggling to keep up with data center demand.

US businesses object to EPA bid to kill carbon reporting

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 6:17am
A cross section of manufacturers and environmentalists raised objections to the agency's plan to repeal its greenhouse gas reporting rule.

Judge orders HUD to resume climate grant payments

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 6:16am
The agency had suspended nearly all activity due to the government shutdown.

Scientists fume over Bill Gates climate memo

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 6:16am
It's "unfortunate that this is the take-home message," one scientist said.

EU countries agree to weakened 2040 climate goal and target for COP30

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 6:14am
The deal avoids the EU ministers going empty-handed to the climate summit that starts Nov. 10.

UK won’t give taxpayer cash to COP30 forests fund

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 6:14am
Britain is “incredibly supportive” of the initiative pushed by COP’s Brazilian hosts — but won’t be stumping up public money.

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