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Rights court takes climate crisis hearing to Brazilian Amazon
Academics, activists and Indigenous people gathered Monday in the Brazilian Amazon to weigh in on a key legal question: What responsibility do states...
Lobby group says emissions cap would cost Canada’s oil and gas sector $75B in lost investment
An oil and gas lobby group says the federal government's proposed emissions cap on the sector combined with its stringent targets for methane...
BP, Shell and EOG vie for acreage in Trinidad’s oil and gas auction
Trinidad and Tobago received six bids from BP, Shell and US shale producer EOG Resources on four blocks to explore for oil and...
Caribbean leader blasts ’empty’ climate promises at small islands summit
The president of this decade's summit for Small Island Developing States on Monday blasted "empty" and "grossly inadequate" climate pledges, saying wealthy nations...
EU clears Net Zero Industry Act to boost domestic green tech production
BRUSSELS — European Union governments formally cleared on Monday a new law designed to ensure the bloc produces 40% of its solar panels,...
Iran’s near-bomb-grade uranium stock grows, talks stall, IAEA reports say
The International Atomic Energy Agency faces a range of difficulties in Iran, including the fact it only implemented a small fraction of the...
The number of heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico has risen to 157, with a few recovering
The number of heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico has risen to 157, the government said, with a tragically small number of the...
France’s historic D-Day beaches of Normandy threatened by rising sea levels
The sea from which 150,000 Allied troops conducted the largest seaborne invasion in history threatens its heritage sites. Rising sea levels are eroding...
Russia to build Central Asia’s first nuclear plant in Uzbekistan
Post-Soviet Central Asia has no nuclear power plants, but Uzbekistan could be the first after deal struck during visit by Putin.
