President Biden campaigned on vows to end drilling on public land and waters, but the leases mean production could go past 2030, when scientists say the world needs to cut greenhouse gas emissions to avoid a climate catastrophe.
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‘Atmospheric river’ causes floods, evacuations in Northwest
More than 158,0000 customers were without power in Western Washington at one point Monday.
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Commentary: Was the climate change conference in Glasgow a success?
It accomplished a lot, though the national goals don’t cut emissions enough to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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Climate talks back off from call to end all fossil fuel use
Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely.
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Frustration, defiance in village to be abandoned to the sea
Residents of a small coastal village in north Wales face becoming the U.K.’s first ‘climate refugees.’
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Saudi Arabia denies playing climate saboteur at Glasgow
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister is rejecting complaints that the oil kingdom is working behind the scenes to undermine global climate talks
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Foundations commit billions to fight climate change
Global warming is an area many think philanthropy has neglected.
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U.N. chief says global warming goal is on ‘life support’
Guterres said the negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, set to end Friday, will ‘very probably’ not yield the carbon-cutting pledges he has said are needed to keep the planet from warming beyond the 1.5-degree threshold.
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Draft deal at U.N. climate talks calls for end to coal use
The early version of the document circulating at the negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, also impresses on countries the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions by about half by 2030.
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Maine Voices: Land trusts are part of the fight against climate change
Undeveloped land is ‘natural infrastructure’ that prevents flooding and other impacts of increasingly common severe weather events.