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![bulldozer and protest signs blocking railroad tracks]()
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Wet’suwet’en land defenders call on United Nations to visit proposed pipeline
The Coastal Gaslink project will transport fracked natural gas across unceded Indigenous territory
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![collage of places in United Arab Emirates, oil rig, solar panels]()
![collage of places in United Arab Emirates, oil rig, solar panels]()
‘Obsessed with optics’: The paradoxes of the UAE’s plan to get to net zero
The UAE was my home. Its policies could make it uninhabitable.
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Chile is in for a mining boom. Could a new constitution prevent environmental catastrophe?
Advocates hope to enshrine the rights of nature and Indigenous protections into law.
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![Aerial view showing trees and empty field due to deforestation]()
![Aerial view showing trees and empty field due to deforestation]()
The majority of the world promised to end deforestation. But businesses are standing in the way.
A new report identifies 500 companies and financial institutions that have failed to protect the world's forests.
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![A floating community in the Netherlands lies on the coast in the IJburg section of Amsterdam. The houses are secured to large steel pilings with rolling collars that allow them to rise and fall with the water level, and sway slightly in strong winds. Each home has a small dock, communal walkways, and flexible utility connections. They are also required to be in balance, with heavy components, like kitchens and bathrooms positioned carefully on the lower floors for stability.]()
![A floating community in the Netherlands lies on the coast in the IJburg section of Amsterdam. The houses are secured to large steel pilings with rolling collars that allow them to rise and fall with the water level, and sway slightly in strong winds. Each home has a small dock, communal walkways, and flexible utility connections. They are also required to be in balance, with heavy components, like kitchens and bathrooms positioned carefully on the lower floors for stability.]()
Embracing a wetter future, the Dutch turn to floating homes
Faced with worsening floods and a shortage of housing, the Netherlands is seeing growing interest in floating homes.
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![Smoke billows from smokestacks and a coal fired generator at a steel factory.]()
![Smoke billows from smokestacks and a coal fired generator at a steel factory.]()
Coal isn’t dying yet. 2021 brought a record surge in use.
As much of the world emerged from lockdown, coal stepped in to meet energy needs.
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![Joe Biden sitting at a desk with a christmas tree in the background with a wink on his face]()
![Joe Biden sitting at a desk with a christmas tree in the background with a wink on his face]()
The U.S. has officially stopped financing new coal plants abroad
But it might keep propping them up at home.
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![Bleached coral becuse of rising sea temperatures, in Raa Atoll.]()
![Bleached coral becuse of rising sea temperatures, in Raa Atoll.]()
Coral reefs in western Indian Ocean ‘at high risk of collapse in next 50 years’
Reefs from Seychelles to South Africa may become functionally extinct due to global heating and overfishing, study finds.
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![A large group of cows stands in front of a forest.]()
![A large group of cows stands in front of a forest.]()
Major fashion brands linked to deforestation in the Amazon, report finds
Obscure supply chains connect at least 100 companies to illegal logging and land clearing in Brazil.
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![About 150 tons of pellets were spilled into the sea from a vessel when Typhoon Vicente in 2012, and some of the pellets drifted into fish farms.]()
![About 150 tons of pellets were spilled into the sea from a vessel when Typhoon Vicente in 2012, and some of the pellets drifted into fish farms.]()
Nurdles? The worst toxic waste you’ve probably never heard of.
Billions of these tiny plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet they are still not classified as hazardous.
