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A view of the closing session at the United Nations COP16 nature summit in Cali, Colombia, November 1, 2024. REUTERS/Camilo Rodriguez/File Photo
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Public funding for nature conservation stalls at COP16, eyes on private investment

At COP16, wealthy nations pulled back on conservation funding, leaving private capital to help bridge the $200 billion gap.

FILE - In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity, Tiehm's buckwheat grows in the high desert in the Silver Peak Range of western Nevada about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas, June 1, 2019, where a lithium mine is planned. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity via AP, File)
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Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says

A new lithium mine planned for Nevada will destroy a plant habitat that the US has said is critical for survival, a lawsuit...

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How US states can lead on carbon removal policy

U.S. states are scaling carbon removal efforts, adapting policies to local needs, and setting examples for climate action nationwide.

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Delegates agree to establish Indigenous subsidiary body at COP16 biodiversity summit in Colombia

The COP16 summit was a follow-up to the 2022 accord in Montreal, which aims to protect 30% of the planet and 30% of...

FILE - A machine plants soybeans on a farm in a rural area of Sidrolandia, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, Oct. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
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Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation

Mato Grosso ends incentives for the Soy Moratorium, challenging a key deforestation curb in Brazil’s Amazon since 2006.

Arthur C. Blue, right, and Kimbrelle Eugene Kyereh talk about the changed landscape of the town they grew up in, alongside the IMTT facility in the Elkinsville section of St. Rose, La., Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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With carbon capture boom, a wariness in historic Louisiana Black community over more pollution

Residents of historic Black town fight a planned ammonia plant, citing health risks from pollution while state backs project.

Developing countries have called for more money for biodiversity funding (AFP)
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Last-ditch effort to solve funding deadlock at COP16

COP16 in Colombia faces deadlock on biodiversity funding as negotiators propose continued talks to close the finance gap by 2026.

The CHS oil refinery is silhouetted against the setting sun Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in McPherson, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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World may be merely scratching the surface on the scope of climate-changing methane emissions

GHGSat found 20K super-emitters in 2023, showing rising methane emissions from oil, gas, mining, and waste.

FILE PHOTO: Tiehm's buckwheat plant is seen in this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.   Courtesy of USFWS/Sarah Kulpa/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Environmentalists sue over US approval of ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine

Environmental and Indigenous groups sued to block the Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine, citing risks to Nevada's rare Tiehm’s buckwheat.

Azerbaijan's capital Baku is preparing to host the United Nations COP29 climate conference (AFP)
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UN rapporteur urges climate activist’s release ahead of COP29

The UN rapporteur called on Azerbaijan to release activist Anar Mammadli, detained pre-COP29 in alleged retaliation for climate advocacy.

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