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Oil companies spent over $2M on Meta ads in the lead-up to the midterms

A look at Meta’s social issues advertising database shows that Shell, Exxon, and Chevron have long outspent environmental groups.

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Oregon judge allows Multnomah County climate lawsuit against fossil fuel giants to advance

Gas companies sought to have the climate case dismissed, saying state governments don't have the power to regulate their interstate pollution.
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Australia designates seabed site to store carbon pollution

The Australian government has designated a seabed storage site off its northern coast where a Japanese company plans to store hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide using a technology that has divided climate scientists.
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California carbon capture project’s approval ruled unlawful

A Kern County judge found the board of supervisors' environmental review for CRC's carbon TerraVault project fell short.
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South Korea tests Arctic shipping route amid Russia-West row

For South Korean ships, navigating off the north coast of Russia dramatically reduces travel time to Europe, but the pro-Ukraine coalition might see it as undermining their efforts to isolate Moscow.
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Oregon's, Multnomah County’s billion-dollar climate accountability lawsuit a step closer to trial

A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge denied fossil fuel companies' attempt to dismiss the county’s nearly $52 billion dollar climate accountability lawsuit.
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What a historic ‘blue wave’ midterm means for climate action

Democrats swept Congress and won in the states. Here are the races that matter most for decarbonization, disasters, and data centers.
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Election shakeup threatens bipartisan deal to speed energy projects

Mounting opposition and a changed political landscape could derail the legislation.
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What teeth from a centuries-old cemetery can teach us about climate shocks and disease

Scientists say that climate shocks may have been ‘overlooked’ when researching certain diseases in the Industrial Revolution.
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Delhi braces for ‘pollution season’ as smog shrouds India’s capital – in pictures

The air quality index in Delhi has already soared above 650, more than 30 times the limit the World Health Organization deems to be safe.

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How this year's Super El Niño will worsen global hunger

Coming as countries slash foreign aid and war chokes supplies of energy and fertilizer, a monster El Niño could leave millions more people in vulnerable countries without enough to eat.

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