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‘Nobody cares’: Russia’s arms buildup in Barents Sea creating toxic legacy

Indigenous people and experts say Moscow’s military push and increased shipping and mining will destroy Arctic environment.

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A changing Arctic could bring 'potential conflict,' Biden says

As climate change causes unprecedented environmental upheaval in the Arctic, it also opens the region to potential conflict, President Joe Biden said on Wednesday.

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Colombia’s largest oil company accused of hiding environmental damage

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Alexandria's fishing families stay put as seas rise around them

Ecuador must expand protections for isolated Indigenous groups after court ruling

An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

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