Wednesday, 14 May 2025

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Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman (Brian Lawless/PA)
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Greens mock Fianna Fail’s ‘newfound interest in climate’

The Green Party criticizes Fianna Fáil's 'newfound interest in climate,' citing years of resistance on key policies.

FILE - Fisherman pull with a Pirarucu fish at a lake in San Raimundo settlement lake, Carauari, Brazil.
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Severe droughts threaten the sustainable catch of the Amazon’s giant fish

Record-breaking drought threatens Brazil's Amazon pirarucu fishery, cutting catch and raising costs.

Cristobal Martinez, 87, looks out of his window at the muddy streets in Paiporta, Valencia, Spain.
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Spain’s flood disaster was its worst in recent history. Here’s what went wrong

Flash floods in Valencia killed over 220 people, with delayed warnings and poor infrastructure worsening the disaster.

A pumpjack operates at a drilling site in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Azerbaijan is the host of the UN’s climate conference, shining a spotlight on the petrostate

Countries will gather in Azerbaijan for COP29 — a place that was one of the birthplaces of the oil industry.

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, during a media tour ahead of the summit beginning in Baku, Azerbaijan November 8, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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Explainer: What is the point of a UN climate COP?

Next week, COP29 gathers thousands in Baku for the U.N. climate summit to address global climate challenges. Here’s why it matters.

FILE PHOTO: A countdown display for the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference is set in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov//File Photo
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Explainer: Who are the key voices at the COP29 climate summit in Baku?

Nearly 200 countries meet at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, to negotiate climate action with major blocs and leaders.

FILE PHOTO: Steam is released from a petroleum refinery in Sulphur, Louisiana, U.S., June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo
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Trump prepares withdrawing from Paris climate agreement, NYT reports

Trump's team prepares executive orders to exit Paris accord, shrink national monuments, and lift gas export terminal pause.

FILE PHOTO: Macaws sit on a tree at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
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Biden’s Amazon visit comes as US climate policy to shift under Trump

Biden will become the first U.S. president to visit the Brazilian Amazon, meeting with leaders to discuss its preservation.

FILE PHOTO: A car is parked at the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, during a media tour ahead of the summit beginning in Baku, Azerbaijan November 8, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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COP29 host Azerbaijan promoted fossil fuel deals ahead of climate summit, NGO says

A secret video reveals Azerbaijan, COP29 host, offering to discuss potential fossil fuel deals ahead of the climate summit.

FILE - In this May 9, 2008, file photo, male sage grouses fight for the attention of females southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. (Jerret Raffety/The Rawlins Daily Times via AP)
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US to tighten restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development to protect sage grouse

Biden proposes tighter energy rules on 6,500 sq miles to protect sage grouse, drawing criticism from environmentalists, industry.

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