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Executive Editor, Inside Climate News
Blowing past 1.5 degrees Celsius: The past three years averaged more than 1.5 degrees, the first time any three-year stretch has crossed that threshold.
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New Climate Reports Show âUnprecedented Run of Global Heatâ - Inside Climate News
Data from multiple international agencies shows the reality of a rapidly warming world.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13012026/multiple-reports-show-2025-extreme-global-heat/
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A heartbreaking story of loss, and the destructive cuts of DOGE, at NOAA, by Inside Climate News' Marianne Lavelle, who, like Libby Jewitt, is a national treasure.
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How Trump Derailed a NOAA Pioneerâs Move From Climate Impacts to Solutions - Inside Climate News
Libby Jewett founded the U.S. ocean acidification program and had begun work on offshore wind energy. But she joined the past yearâs historic exodus from the agency, the impacts of which are still not...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06012026/trump-federal-layoffs-derailed-noaa-scientists-climate-solutions/
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Alabamaâs civil rights history is inescapable, even in places most people wouldnât expect. Their electric bills, for example.
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How George Wallace and Bull Connor Set the Stage for Alabamaâs Sky-High Electric Rates - Inside Climate News
After his notorious stand in the schoolhouse door, Wallace needed a new target. He found it in Alabama Power.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26122025/george-wallace-bull-connor-set-stage-for-alabama-sky-high-electric-rates/
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How George Wallace and Bull Connor Set the Stage for Alabamaâs Sky-High Electric Rates: After his notorious stand in the schoolhouse door, Wallace needed a new target. He found it in Alabama Power.
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How George Wallace and Bull Connor Set the Stage for Alabamaâs Sky-High Electric Rates - Inside Climate News
After his notorious stand in the schoolhouse door, Wallace needed a new target. He found it in Alabama Power.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26122025/george-wallace-bull-connor-set-stage-for-alabama-sky-high-electric-rates/
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Hundreds of Sea Turtles Are Freezing in Cape Cod
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Hundreds of Sea Turtles Are Freezing in Cape Cod - Inside Climate News
After being lured to the Gulf of Maineâs warming waters to feed, young sea turtles are trapped and cold-stunned as temperatures drop. A major rescue and rehabilitation response is underway to save the...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13122025/sea-turtles-freezing-in-cape-cod/
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Latest Twist in Chevronâs Amazon Pollution Saga: Ecuador Ordered to Pay the Oil Company $220 Million
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Latest Twist in Chevronâs Amazon Pollution Saga: Ecuador Ordered to Pay the Oil Company $220 Million - Inside Climate News
Indigenous and other Ecuadorians have lived with millions of gallons of toxic pollution from Texacoâs operations for decades. Now, those victimsâ tax dollars will go to Chevron, which acquired Texaco ...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10122025/ecuador-to-pay-chevron-220-million-amazon-pollution/
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Must reading from
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at Inside Climate News: A Massive, Chinese-Backed Port in Peru Could Push the Amazon Rainforest Over the Edge
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A Massive, Chinese-Backed Port in Peru Could Push the Amazon Rainforest Over the Edge - Inside Climate News
The ultra-sophisticated port north of Lima will revolutionize global trade, but itâs already sparking destructive new routes through the worldâs most climate-critical ecosystem.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01122025/china-port-in-peru-impact-on-amazon-rainforest/
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A Rare Recusal by Texas Oil and Gas Regulator Up for Re-election. The move highlighted the close relationship between state officials and the industry they regulate.
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A Rare Recusal by Texas Oil and Gas Regulator Up for Re-election - Inside Climate News
Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright removed himself from a vote last week on an oilfield waste company with which he has financial ties. The move highlighted the close relationship between state official...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24112025/texas-railroad-commissioner-jim-wright-recusal/
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Please read this important story from Inside Climate News about China's intimidation of environmental journalists in Africa and beyond. A powerful expose by Katie Surma
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How China Silences Environmental Reporters Beyond Its Borders - Inside Climate News
Journalists who report on the harms caused by Chinaâs overseas infrastructure buildout in Africa face intimidation, surveillance and police pressure.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23112025/china-environmental-journalism-suppression-africa/
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As COP30 Unfolds in the Amazon, Brazil Is Drilling for Oil Near the Great Amazon Reef System. Teresa Tomassoni reports
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As COP30 Unfolds in the Amazon, Brazil Is Drilling for Oil Near the Great Amazon Reef System - Inside Climate News
Environmental advocates warn oil leaks or spills could cause irreparable damage to the unique and understudied ecosystem. They are suing the Brazilian government and its largest state-owned oil produc...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19112025/brazil-oil-drilling-near-great-amazon-reef-system/
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N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency So Poorly Managed That State Auditor Couldnât Determine Full Extent of Waste. The latest from Lisa Sorg
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N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency So Poorly Managed That State Auditor Couldnât Determine Full Extent of Waste - Inside Climate News
The story of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliencyâs disaster response efforts was itself âa disaster.â Thatâs what State Auditor Dave Boliek, a Republican, concluded in a scathing 506...
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Bill McKibben on the State-Led Efforts to Make Big Oil Pay Up: The New Jersey Climate Superfund Act would make oil companies pay for their past greenhouse gas emissions.
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Bill McKibben on the State-Led Efforts to Make Big Oil Pay Up - Inside Climate News
The New Jersey Climate Superfund Act would make oil companies pay for their past greenhouse gas emissions, possibly generating up to $50 billion for state climate relief. âThis should be the easiest v...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19112025/bill-mckibben-new-jersey-climate-superfund-act/
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Trumpâs Policies Risk Texasâ New Solar and Battery Projects. Two-thirds of Texasâ future solar and storage developments are at risk of delay or cancellation due to regulatory uncertainty, a report warns.
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Trumpâs Policies Risk Texasâ New Solar and Battery Projects - Inside Climate News
Two-thirds of Texasâ future solar and storage developments are at risk of delay or cancellation due to regulatory uncertainty, a report warns.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18112025/trump-policies-texas-solar-battery-projects/
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A Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30. The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.
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A Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30 - Inside Climate News
The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18112025/international-court-climate-ruling-united-states-cop30-absence/
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Scorching Saturdays: The Rising Heat Threat Inside Football Stadiums. Excessive heat and more frequent medical incidents in Southern college football stadiums could be a warning sign for universities across the country.
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Scorching Saturdays: The Rising Heat Threat Inside Football Stadiums - Inside Climate News
Excessive heat and more frequent medical incidents in Southern college football stadiums could be a warning sign for universities across the country.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16112025/southern-college-football-stadiums-excessive-heat-health/
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Deadly in Small Doses: New Research Shows the Lethal Effects of Ingested Plastic on Marine Animals. Fragments of rubber balloons, plastic bags and fishing line can cause fatal blockages and injuries in sea turtles, seabirds and marine mammals.
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Deadly in Small Doses: New Research Shows the Lethal Effects of Ingested Plastic on Marine Animals - Inside Climate News
Fragments of rubber balloons, plastic bags and fishing line can cause fatal blockages and injuries in sea turtles, seabirds and marine mammals, according to a new analysis.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17112025/plastic-pollution-lethal-for-marine-animals/
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Trump Administration Moves to Weaken Federal Protections for Waterways and Wetlands. Environmental groups warn the proposal to change the definition of âwaters of the United Statesâ would eliminate crucial safeguards for âcountlessâ bodies of water.
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Trump Administration Moves to Weaken Federal Protections for Waterways and Wetlands - Inside Climate News
Environmental groups warn the proposal to change the definition of âwaters of the United Statesâ would eliminate crucial safeguards for âcountlessâ bodies of water.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17112025/trump-administration-weakens-waterways-wetlands-federal-protections/
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Ecuadorians overwhelmingly vote in favor of the Rights of Nature. Environmentalists and Indigenous organizations opposed to President Noboaâs crackdown on environmental defenders and his economic policies celebrated Sundayâs results.
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Ecuadorâs Voters Protect Rights of Nature, Reject Proposal to Rewrite Constitution - Inside Climate News
Ecuadorians handed their Trump-allied president a resounding defeat, choosing to maintain their âecological constitutionâ and rejecting an attempt to allow foreign military bases in the country.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17112025/ecuador-rights-of-nature-vote/
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What a heartbreaking photo by Teresa Tomassoni.
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Deadly in Small Doses: New Research Shows the Lethal Effects of Ingested Plastic on Marine Animals - Inside Climate News
Fragments of rubber balloons, plastic bags and fishing line can cause fatal blockages and injuries in sea turtles, seabirds and marine mammals, according to a new analysis.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17112025/plastic-pollution-lethal-for-marine-animals/
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This is one of the most fascinating articles I've ever read. A sample, about whales: âThey have grandmothers, family bonds and conversations. They mourn their dead. When you listen long enough, you realize their inner worlds might be as complex as ours.â
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AI Is Decoding Whalesâ Communications. Could That Be a Turning Point in the Push for Their Rights? - Inside Climate News
The Cetacean Translation Initiative (CETI) is using artificial intelligence to help understand sperm whale communications. Lawyers think the discoveries could galvanize the world to recognize whalesâ ...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29102025/ai-sperm-whale-communications-legal-rights/
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A national randomized controlled trial of the impact of public Montessori preschool at the end of kindergarten | PNAS
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A national randomized controlled trial of the impact of public Montessori preschool at the end of kindergarten | PNAS
Although seminal studies from the early 1960s suggested quality preschool can have lasting positive effects, agreement is lacking on the efficacy o...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2506130122#supplementary-materials
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Scientists are sounding the alarm, warning that the rapid âGreenlandificationâ of Antarctica will have serious consequences, including an accelerated rise in sea levels and significant shifts in rainfall and drought patterns.
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Scientists Warn About the âGreenlandificationâ of Antarctica - Inside Climate News
Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole as glaciers start to flow faster and surface melting increases.
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Shuttered Canadian Marine Park Warns It May Euthanize 30 Beluga Whales, Prompting a Global Outcry
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Shuttered Canadian Marine Park Warns It May Euthanize 30 Beluga Whales, Prompting a Global Outcry - Inside Climate News
The uncertain future of 30 beluga whales still living in tanks at Marinelandâa shuttered aquarium and amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontarioâhas drawn global outcry from animal rights activists this...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09102025/canadian-marine-park-could-euthanize-30-beluga-whales/
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New Map Shows $29 Billion in Climate and Environment Grants Canceled or Frozen by Trump
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New Map Shows $29 Billion in Climate and Environment Grants Canceled or Frozen by Trump - Inside Climate News
The Trump Administration has canceled or frozen more than $29 billion in community environmental and renewable energy grants awarded under the Biden Administration, according to an analysis released T...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17092025/trump-stops-29-billion-in-grants-for-environment-climate-renewable-energy/
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âEnsuring Indigenous communities have strong rights over their lands is the best way to keep forests and their health benefits intact.âhttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/11092025/indigenous-land-rights-can-help-deforestation/
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Deforestation Threatens Public Health. Securing Indigenous Land Rights Can Help, Researchers Find - Inside Climate News
A new peer-reviewed study examined the impact Indigenous territories have on human health in two categories of diseases, finding that municipalities located close to Indigenous lands with intact fores...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11092025/indigenous-land-rights-can-help-deforestation/
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A big, important Dominion rate case in Northern Virginia, the nation's data center epicenter. Charles Paullin reports for Inside Climate News.
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Dominion Energy and Big Tech Maneuver Over Pivotal Rate Decision in Virginia - Inside Climate News
Virginiaâs largest utility is requesting a rate increase during regulatory hearings that will help to decide how data centers compensate for their outsized use of electricity in the state.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04092025/dominion-energy-tech-virginia-rate-case/
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Adam Met, the AJR bassist, thinks the climate movement could learn a thing or two from fan-building tactics deployed by todayâs pop stars.
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How a Rock Band Bassist Is Remixing Climate Activism - Inside Climate News
Adam Met of the indie-rock band AJR thinks fan-building strategies can amplify the climate movementâs reach and impact.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01092025/adam-met-ajr-climate-activism/
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Is Chester, Pa., on the Delaware River just south of Philly, really the place to build a $9 billion LNG export terminal? Activists and academics say, no thanks.
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As Trump Pushes Liquified Natural Gas Exports, Residents in Pennsylvania Towns Push Back to Stop a Proposed LNG Terminal - Inside Climate News
Along the Delaware River, the communities of Chester and Eddystone are facing the possibility of a new $7 billion liquified gas facility that will export Pennsylvaniaâs plentiful fracked gas.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30082025/chester-eddystone-pennsylvania-activists-oppose-lng-terminal/
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Trump truncates public comment in his attempt tp rescind the "Roadless Rule." Public comment is a key part of rulemaking, and a hallmark of the original rule itself.
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The Trump Administration Is Trying to Revoke the âRoadless Rule.â The Public Wonât Have Much Time to Weigh In - Inside Climate News
The rule protecting remote wilderness areas received 1.6 million public comments when it was developed. People will have just 14 business days to comment on a key part of its rescission.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30082025/trump-administration-roadless-rule-public-comment/
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Still a lot of American climate scientists working for the IPCC.
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Despite Lack of Federal Support, US Scientists Continue Work on Key Global Climate Reports - Inside Climate News
Amid rising repression of climate science domestically, researchers from universities around the country are lending their expertise to an international effort.
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Have you ever heard of the Passamaquoddy tribe in far northeastern Maine? And do you know anything about its struggle with climate change?
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In Far Northeastern Maine, a Native Community Fights to Adapt to Climate Change - Inside Climate News
Sea level rise, dwindling fisheries and Trump budget cuts make the Passamaquoddy tribeâs resiliency quest a test of smart planning and stubborn will.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30082025/passamaquoddy-tribe-coastal-resiliency-maine/
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Two decades after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the Trump administration is on a mission to defund the agency dedicated to disaster response and recovery.
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Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina, Experts Fear Trumpâs Cuts Will End in a Repeat Catastrophe - Inside Climate News
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the Trump administration is on a mission to defund the agency dedicated to disaster response and recovery.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26082025/todays-climate-hurricane-katrina-aftermath-legacy-trump-fema-cuts/
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âNo country ever wants to be totally dependent on imported energy,â said Russell Gold, a former journalist reporting on energy for The Wall Street Journal. âWhen youâre talking about solar manufacturing, weâre building the oil and gas fields of the future.â
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Despite Everything, US Solar Manufacturing Continues to Power Up - Inside Climate News
T1 Energy of Texas is among the companies that aim to build supply chains for the renewable energy source in this country and reduce dependence on Asian producers.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27082025/t1-energy-texas-united-states-solar-manufacturing/
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The Rio Grande Valley is home to ocelots and other endangered species. Now, the federal government will not have to follow the Endangered Species Act and more than two dozen other federal laws to build the border wall through a national wildlife refuge.
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Environmental Laws Waived to Build Border Wall in Texas Wildlife Refuge - Inside Climate News
The Rio Grande Valley is home to ocelots and other endangered species. Now, the federal government will not have to follow the Endangered Species Act and more than two dozen other federal laws to buil...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26082025/texas-wildlife-refuge-border-wall-environmental-laws-waived/
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Let's not let the Endangered Species Act or the Clean Water Act stand in the way of the border wall in a Texas wildlife refuge.
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Environmental Laws Waived to Build Border Wall in Texas Wildlife Refuge - Inside Climate News
The Rio Grande Valley is home to ocelots and other endangered species. Now, the federal government will not have to follow the Endangered Species Act and more than two dozen other federal laws to buil...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26082025/texas-wildlife-refuge-border-wall-environmental-laws-waived/
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Read this story, learn something new and incredibly important about methane. It's not just a greenhouse bomb.
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New Tool Maps the Health Impacts of Toxic Air Pollutants Released with Methane in Super-Emitter Events - Inside Climate News
When oil and gas infrastructure leaks the potent greenhouse gas methane, it also releases toxic air contaminants that have escaped notice, until now.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26082025/methane-risk-map-tracks-toxic-air-pollutants/
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When toxic mine tailings from a Chinese company poisoned the environment in Zambia, activists knew who to call: the Chinese Erin Brockovich.
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The Woman Holding Chinese Mining Giants Accountable - Inside Climate News
Jingjing Zhang has fought polluting Chinese companies for decades. Now sheâs teaching lawyers across the Global South how to do the same. Her work has never been more urgent.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24082025/fighting-for-environmental-justice-china-belt-and-road-zambia/
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A Sunday must read from Inside Climate Change: the exploits of "the Chinese Erin Brockovich.â
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The Woman Holding Chinese Mining Giants Accountable - Inside Climate News
Jingjing Zhang has fought polluting Chinese companies for decades. Now sheâs teaching lawyers across the Global South how to do the same. Her work has never been more urgent.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24082025/fighting-for-environmental-justice-china-belt-and-road-zambia/
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Pulling the rug out from under solar: "In the U.S., we have a 25 to 30 percent tax credit for solar, and within 18 months, that goes to zero.Thatâs not a gradual phasing out of a policy. Thatâll be hard for the U.S. solar industry to adjust to."
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The Researcher Who Wrote the Book on How Solar Got Cheap Is Back to Assess the Current Moment - Inside Climate News
With an updated edition of his 2019 book, Greg Nemet looks at global progress and puts U.S. obstacles in perspective.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21082025/inside-clean-energy-solar-affordability-book/
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When a new orangutan species was found near a Chinese-owned hydrodam in Indonesia, scientists and advocates launched a campaign to block the project. Then some who spoke against it lost their jobsâand, in the case of one activist, his life.
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The Chinese Dam Threatening the Worldâs Most Endangered Ape - Inside Climate News
When a new orangutan species was found near a Chinese-owned hydrodam in Indonesia, scientists and advocates launched a campaign to block the project. Then some who spoke against it lost their jobs and...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17082025/chinese-indonesia-dam-threatens-endangered-ape/
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A conservationist locked eyes with an orangutan in the forests of northern Sumatraâhis first encounter with the ape. âI fell in love,â he said.
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The Chinese Dam Threatening the Worldâs Most Endangered Ape - Inside Climate News
When a new orangutan species was found near a Chinese-owned hydrodam in Indonesia, scientists and advocates launched a campaign to block the project. Then some who spoke against it lost their jobs and...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17082025/chinese-indonesia-dam-threatens-endangered-ape/
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Great read, Sunday morning: The Chinese Dam Threatening the Worldâs Most Endangered Ape
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The Chinese Dam Threatening the Worldâs Most Endangered Ape - Inside Climate News
When a new orangutan species was found near a Chinese-owned hydrodam in Indonesia, scientists and advocates launched a campaign to block the project. Then some who spoke against it lost their jobs and...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17082025/chinese-indonesia-dam-threatens-endangered-ape/
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The Eastern Shoshone are moving ahead with a solar-powered micro-grid, but the Northern Arapaho rooftop PV program stalled after the EPA clawed back Solar for All funding.
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Tribal Solar Projects Meet Different Fates In Wyoming After Trump Administration Kills Funding - Inside Climate News
The Eastern Shoshone are moving ahead with a solar-powered micro-grid, but the Northern Arapaho rooftop PV program stalled after the EPA clawed back Solar for All funding.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16082025/wyoming-tribal-solar-projects-funding/
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There are 54 large fossil-fuel power plants across the U.S. planning to retire between now and 2028. Grid Strategies determined that if each of those are ordered to stay open, it will cost ratepayers upwards of $3 billion a year.
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Delaying Even More Coal, Gas Plant Closures Could Cost Ratepayers Billions - Inside Climate News
Americans could be paying nearly $6 billion extra a year in energy bills if the Trump administration continues to keep power plants operating past their retirement dates, according to a new report.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15082025/delaying-fossil-fuel-plant-closures-could-cost-ratepayers/
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Forget Indigenous rights, climate change and environmental protection. Thatâs the stark message from the latest edition of the U.S. Department of Stateâs reports on human rights practices across the world, according to an Inside Climate News analysis.
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US Guts Criticism of Indigenous Rights Abuses, Mentions of Climate Change From Annual Human Rights Reports - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration delayed releasing reports on countriesâ human rights records. Now theyâre out, and theyâre starkly different than in the prior eight years.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14082025/us-annual-human-rights-reports-gutted/
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This is alarming: Temperatures and Carbon Emissions Continue to Rise
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Temperatures and Carbon Emissions Continue to Rise - Inside Climate News
An acceleration of warming that started in 2023 continued through 2024, according to the latest annual climate assessment by the American Meteorological Society, as atmospheric concentrations of green...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14082025/global-warming-carbon-emissions-continue-to-rise/
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Will Endangerment Finding Repeal Trigger New State Actions on Climate?
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Will Endangerment Finding Repeal Trigger New State Actions on Climate? - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration included language in its proposal designed to head off new state rules and lawsuits. But legal experts predict years of battle ahead.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12082025/endangerment-finding-repeal-state-climate-actions/
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An Environmental Justice Test Case for Trumpâs EPA: A Creek That Smells Like Death
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An Environmental Justice Test Case for Trumpâs EPA: A Creek That Smells Like Death - Inside Climate News
EPA expressed alarm at contamination in a creek near a predominantly Black neighborhood. Then the agency eliminated its civil-rights office and has taken no further action.
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Dominion Changes Its AnswerâAdmitting There Was No Independent ReviewâOn Key Application For Natural Gas Plant
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Dominion Changes Its AnswerâAdmitting There Was No Independent ReviewâOn Key Application For Natural Gas Plant - Inside Climate News
Months ago, the Virginia utility said it used an outside monitor to review its bid process for a gas plant in Chesterfield. Now it said that never happened.
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Can Colorado Recycle Toxic Water from Oil and Gas Drilling Without Increasing Emissions?
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Can Colorado Recycle Toxic Water from Oil and Gas Drilling Without Increasing Emissions? - Inside Climate News
Environmentalists fear the answer is âno,â as regulators determine how to permit more produced water recycling facilities in disadvantaged communities.
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