Norway sued over Arctic oil exploration plans.
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The case, led by Greenpeace, claims Norwegian government has violated constitutional right to a healthy environment and contravenes Paris agreement
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Better soil could trap as much planet-warming carbon as transport produces.
The extra carbon that could be stored from rejuvenated soil is equivalent to 3 to 7 billion tonnes of planet-warming carbon dioxideBy Thin Lei...
‘This is an emergency’: 1 million African Americans live near oil, gas facilities.
A new analysis concludes what many in African-American communities have long experienced: Low-income, black Americans are disproportionately exposed to toxic air pollution from the...
Puerto Rico struggles to assess hurricane’s health effects.
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Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico in mid-September, disrupted water supplies in some areas.
Nightfall sets a hard deadline for a team of public-health...
Global climate action must be gender equal.
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Women bear the heaviest brunt of global warming, and are less empowered to contribute to solutions. A new action plan agreed...
Germany, Britain inject $153 million in Amazon climate change fight.
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Germany and Britain will provide a combined $153 million to expand programs to fight climate change and deforestation in the Amazon...
So you want to geoengineer the planet? Beware the hurricanes.
Every country on Earth, save for cough one, has banded together to cut emissions and stop the runaway heating of our only home. That’s...
Global insurance partnership beefed up to protect poor from climate risks.
A $125 million contribution from Germany aims to help provide climate insurance for 400 million poor peopleBy Megan Rowling
BONN, Germany, Nov 14 (Thomson Reuters...
Trump denies endangered status to Florida lizard threatened by sea-level rise.
Like the majority of the Sunshine State's coastal residents, the Florida Keys mole skink has spent the past few decades fighting for its life...
Trump is blasted at climate talks, but Paris accord lives on.
BONN, Germany — President Donald Trump is taking a beating at the United Nations climate conference here.
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