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Germany's new hunger for coal dooms a tiny village

The cutting of Russian gas supplies to Europe has led Germany to step up coal use, despite its goal to phase it out by 2030.

LAKE PALCACOCHA peru glacier climate lawsuit

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Climate lawsuit breaks ground as German judges visit Peru glacier

Lawyers working on a groundbreaking climate lawsuit said it had entered a decisive phase after judges from Germany visited a glacial lake in the Peruvian Andes to assess flood risk, which the case links to emissions from European electricity giant RWE.

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The link between man-made climate change and flood-risk in the Andes is proven

New collaborative research from the University of Oxford and the University of Washington proves the link between man-made climate change and Andes flood-risk.

Impacts

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Climate change could destroy his home in Peru. So he sued an energy company in Germany.

Local communities are taking the world's largest polluters to court.

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Hambach Forest: Police clearing treehouses again despite Sunday′s mass protests

Police have resumed efforts to clear treehouses in Hambach Forest. It comes after thousands on Sunday demonstrated against energy giant RWE's plan to fell more trees to expand its coal mine there.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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Germany's new hunger for coal dooms a tiny village

Climate lawsuit breaks ground as German judges visit Peru glacier

The link between man-made climate change and flood-risk in the Andes is proven

Climate change could destroy his home in Peru. So he sued an energy company in Germany.

Hambach Forest: Police clearing treehouses again despite Sunday′s mass protests

Tears and tree houses: The occupation in Hambach Forest

Coal stockpiles strain US power sector as demand wanes

Bogotá faces water rationing

Wisconsin oil spill fuels doubts over Enbridge’s pipeline safety

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

Op-ed: The real scam — rail against renewables, run away with factories

Cyclone devastates Mayotte