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Flooding and droughts drove them from their homes. Now they’re seeking a safe haven in New York

Data analysis found higher than average migration growth to the US from areas in Guatemala, Bangladesh and Senegal hit by repeated climate disasters.
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What happens when your insurance company goes bankrupt after a hurricane?

Hurricane Ida revealed a fragile insurance industry ill-prepared for the consequences of climate change. More than four years later, what's changed?
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How Alabama Power kept bills up and opposition out to become one of the most powerful utilities in the country

In one of the poorest states in America, the local utility earns massive profits producing dirty energy with almost no pushback from state regulators.
The devastating effects of Super Typhoon Odette (International name "Rai) in Lapu-Lap City, Cebu, Philippines.

Only 3% of international climate aid going to transitioning communities: ‘This is absurd’

New report on funding to slash carbon emissions finds startlingly low engagement with the people affected.

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Amazon oil drilling undermines Brazil’s climate credibility before COP30

Brazil, which is hosting the 30th U.N. Climate Change Conference this month, wants to show the world it is a leader in safeguarding the planet. Its record tells a more complicated story.
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Trump’s energy moves rattle electric utilities

The administration's push for data centers to source their own power is seen by some as a threat to utilities' business model.
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Brazil dismantles hundreds of illegal dredges in Amazon mining crackdown

Brazilian police with support from Interpol have destroyed 277 dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River in one of the largest coordinated crackdowns in the Amazon.
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Slow rollout throttled Biden’s big clean energy ambitions, former staffers say

An “executive branch machinery that defaulted to caution, process, and reactive strategies” undercut the ex-president’s massive energy and infrastructure programs, a report by his former staffers details.
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A tribe in Nevada finally had funding for climate resilience. Then a grant was ripped away

The Walker River Paiute Tribe was poised to strengthen its water, energy, and housing infrastructure with a $20 million federal grant — until the Trump Administration abruptly revoked the funding, halting projects designed to protect the community from worsening wildfires, floods, and extreme heat.

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NM lawmakers say oil and gas wastewater rulemaking ‘tainted’ by politics

Democratic lawmakers in New Mexico are questioning the integrity of the state’s proposed rules for reusing oil and gas wastewater, alleging that political pressure from the governor’s office has undermined public trust in the process.

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Pennsylvania gas producer sues Capital & Main over its reporting on health risks

A lawsuit by CNX Resources Corporation accuses the news organization of defamation for quoting sources critical of an industry-written study. Capital & Main stands by its reporting and vows to fight the suit.

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