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Environmental activist Choi Jia and her little sister Choi Heewoo attend a press conference before the initial hearing for petitions filed by activists saying that the government has violated their human rights for what they say is a failure to adequately address climate change, in front of the constitutional court in Seoul, South Korea, April 23, 2024. The sign reads "Today is the beginning of climate response."   REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
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South Korean court hears climate case against government

Climate change court case brought by young environmentalists against South Korea for failing to protect them from climate change, weeks after EU court...

A general view of a coal mine during a Huawei-organised media tour, in Yulin city, Shaanxi province, China April 24, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
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China can’t quit coal by 2040, researchers say, despite targets

China will continue using coal despite a massive ramp-up in renewable generation, which will make up 88% of China's power generation mix in...

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US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid wildflower concern

Environmentalists vow to fight lithium mining project as Bureau of Land Management released 2,000 pages of environmental impact statement.

FILE PHOTO: Cars are seen at an Exxon gas station in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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California to wrap up Exxon plastics probe ‘in weeks’, AG says

Investigation into the oil giant's role in plastic pollution will soon conclude and could be followed by a lawsuit, attorney general says.

A worker sweeps the floor beneath rice processors in a warehouse at Hoang Minh Nhat, a rice export company in Can Tho, Vietnam, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. The Mekong Delta, where 90% of Vietnam's exported rice is farmed, is one of the world's regions most vulnerable to climate change. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice

There is a paradox at the heart of growing rice: The finicky crop isn’t just vulnerable to climate change but also contributes uniquely...

Gov. Gavin Nerwsom and first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom plant a valley oak during the dedication for the new Dos Rios State Park in the Central Valley near Modesto, Calif., Monday, April 22, 2024. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP)
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California announces new state park and sets climate goals for natural lands

Dos Rios, a 1,600 acre tract of California's Central Valley, can be used for hiking and picnicking – but the hope is to...

The website for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention displays on a computer screen in Glenside, Pa., Monday, April 22, 2024, a new heat risk system developed with the National Weather Service. They unveiled a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Hotter than red: U.S. government heat risk tool sets magenta as most dangerous level

Forget about red hot. A new color-coded heat warning system relies on magenta to alert Americans to the most dangerous conditions they may...

FILE PHOTO: View of the entrance of Freixenet, a Cava producer, in Sant Sadurni d'Anoia, near Barcelona, Spain, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo
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Catalan cava producer Freixenet to lay off 80% of workforce due to drought

Spanish cava producer Freixenet has presented a plan to lay off temporarily nearly 80% of its workforce due to a drought in the...

FILE PHOTO: An electric vehicle is plugged into a charging station in Bilbao, Spain, February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Vincent West/File Photo
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EU’s 2050 net-zero goals at risk as EV rollout faces setbacks: external auditor

The EU needs to rethink its policies to make a 2035 ban on new petrol car sales feasible as electric vehicles remain unaffordable...

Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change is a weekly podcast hosted by Michael Liebreich and Baroness Bryony Worthington.
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Podcast | Cleaning Up: Leadership in a Time of Climate Change

Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change is a weekly podcast hosted by Michael Liebreich and Baroness Bryony Worthington, who interview...

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