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How a U.N. report legitimized carbon capture and skewed decades of climate policy

A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change. Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promises back.
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What is Canada’s climate track record as it seeks 'ever closer' ties with Europe?

Critics say there is a stark contrast between PM Mark Carney's international reputation as a climate champion and his domestic drive to expand oil and gas production.
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Opinion: Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither

Both of these threats have the same roots: private entities seeking to cash in. We have the power to stand against them.

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The slow, surprising death of EV range anxiety

With affordable EVs now getting 300 miles on a charge, fears of running out of power are beginning to fade.
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As permitting bill debate approaches, Senators have fresh doubts and an ultimatum

The proposal has divided clean energy and environmental groups, while a new report shows potential emissions benefits.
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El Niño-driven drought in Papua New Guinea a ‘national crisis’ as rivers dry up and local farms fail

As many as eight million people have been affected by the cascading issues of food shortages, electricity loss and health clinic closures.

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China's clean tech exports make a big dent in emissions, report says

China is exporting a record amount of clean energy technology and that is making a dent in global emissions.
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‘I don’t trust them’: The data center fight mobilizing Imperial County voters

Residents across party lines are channeling anger over plans for California’s largest data center into local elections.
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Los Angeles fire smoke exposed millions to toxic metals, study finds

During the peak of the 2025 Los Angeles fires, approximately 7 million residents were exposed to airborne lead concentrations over 24 hours that exceeded 80 times the normal background level.

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Farmers on the frontlines of climate change reflect on an unpredictable future

Wet weather hammered many crops across the Prairies this summer. Here’s how some Manitoba farmers are thinking about the future.

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‘Already feeling it’: Northern Amazon waterfall season ends early, hurting livelihoods

By drying up waterfalls earlier than usual, climate change is directly hurting regional tourism, which local residents and surrounding communities rely on for their livelihoods.

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