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Germany’s dependence on Russian gas is difficult to break
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Germany’s dependence on Russian gas is difficult to break

Dangerously dependent on Russian gas, Germany is still refusing to cut off President Putin, whose war it is effectively subsidizing to the tune of some $220 million a day.
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U.S. effort to combat forced labor targets corporate China ties

The Biden administration is expected to face scrutiny as it decides how to enforce a new ban on products made with forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China.

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Supreme Court limits human rights suits against corporations
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Supreme Court limits human rights suits against corporations

Six citizens of Mali had sued Nestlé USA and Cargill, accusing the companies of profiting from child slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms.
Politics
Oil companies may be complicit in atrocities in South Sudan, UN panel says
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Oil companies may be complicit in atrocities in South Sudan, UN panel says

Despite a peace agreement, war crimes continue, including mass rape and forcible displacement of thousands of people, a rights commission reported.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Humans are reshaping life on Earth, shrinking biodiversity everywhere

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Solar power surge drives global growth in clean energy, but targets remain out of reach

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South Korea’s worst wildfire on record spreads fast as climate fuels disaster

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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

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

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

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

CLIMATE
EPA opens quiet backdoor for polluters.

EPA opens quiet backdoor for polluters to bypass clean air rules

People walk and stand on a beach with high-rise buildings in the background.

A city in India offers a glimpse of how to build a cooler, cleaner future