Diplomatic cable: US has no plans to renegotiate Paris Agreement
Donald Trump’s administration is not trying to re-write the Paris climate deal, according to a US diplomatic cable published by Reuters on Tuesday.
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Why state action is no answer to bonfire of US climate rules
President Donald Trump and his appointees, particularly Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, have made federalism a theme of their efforts to scale back...
Australian bank sued over failure to disclose climate risks
An Australian couple filed a climate lawsuit against one of the country’s “big four” banks on Tuesday, in a test case with international implications.
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Trump tells UN of intention to leave Paris climate accord – in full
On Friday, the Trump administration dropped the UN a legally unnecessary but politically charged note regarding its intention to leave the Paris climate agreement.
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Trump to submit notice of Paris withdrawal to UN – reports
Multiple reports said that the Trump administration would on Friday submit a written notice to the UN that it intended to withdraw from the...
Sri Lanka plans no new coal plants until at least 2037
Sri Lanka’s electricity regulator has ruled out building new coal plants for the next two decades after finding the environmental and social costs of the...
Climate Weekly: Desert miracle or mirage?
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Giant solar project tests Sahara-EU power export dream
There has been talk of tapping into the Sahara desert’s vast resources of sunshine to power Europe for years, but little to show for it.The...
One kilometre along the Arctic sea ice – my hardest ever swim
I love everything about my polar campaigns, except for the tense hours just before a swim.The anxiety before this last swim, along the edge...
Dying gods: Mt Kenya’s disappearing glaciers spread violence below
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