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Turkey to host 2026 climate summit, in defeat for Australia
20 November 2025 at 06:37

Turkey to host 2026 climate summit, in defeat for Australia

By: By Karl Mathiesen， Zack Colman and Zia Weise

20 November 2025 at 06:37

But Australia will hold the summit's presidency — and therefore control the diplomacy, climate minister Chris Bowen told reporters.

Activists at the COP30 summit site in Belém, Brazil, call Wednesday for the world to move away from fossil fuels.

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Disaster-battered nations seek $120B in adaptation cash
20 November 2025 at 03:58

Disaster-battered nations seek $120B in adaptation cash

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By: By Sara Schonhardt

20 November 2025 at 03:58

The move at COP30 comes as global climate pollution continues to rise, increasing damage in poorer countries.

Residents return to their damaged homes after Typhoon Kalmaegi caused devastation in the central Philippines on Nov. 5.

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Double down on push to abandon fossil fuels, 82 countries urge at climate summit
19 November 2025 at 04:07

Double down on push to abandon fossil fuels, 82 countries urge at climate summit

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By: By Zack Colman

19 November 2025 at 04:07

Governments across Europe, the Pacific islands, Latin America and Africa embraced the call. The United States did not.

An Indigenous man holds up a small globe during a protest Monday in Belém, Brazil, outside the U.N. climate summit.

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Beijing in Brazil: China makes bank as Trump spurns climate talks
18 November 2025 at 23:00

Beijing in Brazil: China makes bank as Trump spurns climate talks

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By: By Zack Colman

18 November 2025 at 23:00

In the Biden era, countries interested in clean energy “were motivated to buy things from the U.S.,” an African official says. But now Beijing has few rivals.

Wind turbines operate along a solar farm near Weifang in eastern China's Shandong province.

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FEMA to Texas? Disaster agency mulls move to Lone Star State
18 November 2025 at 06:11

FEMA to Texas? Disaster agency mulls move to Lone Star State

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By: By Thomas Frank

18 November 2025 at 06:11

The state's top emergency official also is under discussion to lead FEMA. The agency's acting chief resigned Monday after a six-month stint.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Monday meeting at the White House.

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‘Additional promises mean nothing’: The awkward flaw in the world’s climate talks
17 November 2025 at 03:00

‘Additional promises mean nothing’: The awkward flaw in the world’s climate talks

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By: By Sara Schonhardt

17 November 2025 at 03:00

World leaders have vowed to fight rising temperatures for years. Many of those pledges fade when the summits end.

A youth activist demonstration Friday in Belém, Brazil, included complaints about meager donations to a climate "loss and damage" fund, three years after an earlier U.N. summit established it.

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Protests return to climate summit with calls for Indigenous rights (and a dash of Trump mockery)
16 November 2025 at 04:52

Protests return to climate summit with calls for Indigenous rights (and a dash of Trump mockery)

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By: By Zia Weise and Sara Schonhardt

16 November 2025 at 04:52

Saturday’s march through the streets of Belém, Brazil, was a contrast to the muzzling of dissent at past years’ U.N. summits.

Indigenous people protest water contamination in the Amazon at a climate march outside the United Nation’s COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil, on Saturday.

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Whitehouse waves climate banner at Brazil summit — no thanks to Trump, he says
15 November 2025 at 05:38

Whitehouse waves climate banner at Brazil summit — no thanks to Trump, he says

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By: By Sara Schonhardt and Zack Colman

15 November 2025 at 05:38

The lone U.S. government representative at the United Nations climate gathering says the State Department made it harder for members of Congress to attend.

Senate Environment and Public Works ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) will be at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil through Sunday.

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Sheldon Whitehouse heading to Brazil as sole US federal official at COP30
14 November 2025 at 09:54

Sheldon Whitehouse heading to Brazil as sole US federal official at COP30

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By: By Zack Colman

14 November 2025 at 09:54

The Rhode Island Democrat will participate in events on offshore wind, shipping and greenhouse gas emissions before delivering a keynote speech at a roundtable with elected officials from other nations.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) speaking two years ago during the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.

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Enviro group that helped lead Keystone Pipeline opposition suspends US operations
14 November 2025 at 06:03

Enviro group that helped lead Keystone Pipeline opposition suspends US operations

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By: By Zack Colman

14 November 2025 at 06:03

The group will keep three U.S. positions open in hopes of reviving operations in the future.

350.org, the green group that mounted a stand against the Keystone XL pipeline, is suspending U.S. operations amid a financial crunch.

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Protesters and UN security clash at climate summit in Brazil
12 November 2025 at 07:30

Protesters and UN security clash at climate summit in Brazil

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By: By Zia Weise

12 November 2025 at 07:30

The demonstrators waved yellow flags protesting oil drilling in the Amazon.

Security personnel clash with Indigenous people and students Tuesday evening at the COP30 climate change conference in Belém, Brazil.

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Trump says he brought down gas prices. The reality is more complicated.
8 November 2025 at 07:10

Trump says he brought down gas prices. The reality is more complicated.

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By: By James Bikales and Ben Johansen

8 November 2025 at 07:10

Americans are paying less at the pump than they were a year ago, but industry analysts are mixed on how much credit President Donald Trump deserves.

The White House recently celebrated what it called a four-year low for gas prices, chalking it up to Trump’s policies.

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‘Trump is against humankind’: World leaders at climate summit take swipes at absent president
7 November 2025 at 02:35

‘Trump is against humankind’: World leaders at climate summit take swipes at absent president

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By: By Sara Schonhardt and Karl Mathiesen

7 November 2025 at 02:35

Some of Thursday's speeches reflected anger and dismay at U.S. policies but could not hide the ambivalence that many countries feel about this year's climate talks.

Chilean President Gabriel Boric, left, and Colombian President Gustavo Petro talk before the speeches by world leaders begin Thursday at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil.

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Trump’s fossil fuel crusade confronts the climate faithful
6 November 2025 at 21:00

Trump’s fossil fuel crusade confronts the climate faithful

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By: By Zack Colman and Karl Mathiesen

6 November 2025 at 21:00

Pulling out of the Paris climate agreement was not enough, an ex-aide to the U.S. president says on the eve of a summit in Brazil: "You have to potentially destroy it."

Oxfam activists wearing puppet heads depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Argentinian President Javier Milei protest on Wednesday in Belém, Brazil, before the COP30 United Nations climate summit.

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Democrats show early signs of winning energy messaging war
6 November 2025 at 07:42

Democrats show early signs of winning energy messaging war

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By: By Kelsey Tamborrino and Josh Siegel

6 November 2025 at 07:42

Democrats won gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, where candidates made affordability concerns and skyrocketing electricity bills central to their campaigns.

In Virginia, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger promised to ensure data centers are paying their share of the power costs.

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The US led the world to reach a huge climate deal. Then, it switched sides.
6 November 2025 at 00:00

The US led the world to reach a huge climate deal. Then, it switched sides.

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By: By Sara Schonhardt

6 November 2025 at 00:00

Ten years after nations adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and a political backlash against clean energy.

Environmental activists form a human chain depicting a peace sign and "100% renewable" during the COP21 climate conference in Paris, where the Paris Agreement was finalized in 2015.

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UN: Nations well off-track of Paris climate agreement goals
4 November 2025 at 22:40

UN: Nations well off-track of Paris climate agreement goals

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By: By Zack Colman

4 November 2025 at 22:40

U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement would erase another 0.1 C of progress.

Governments' plans for combating rising temperatures are still insufficient, the United Nations said Tuesday in a report.

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Slow rollout throttled Biden’s big clean energy ambitions, former staffers say
4 November 2025 at 18:00

Slow rollout throttled Biden’s big clean energy ambitions, former staffers say

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By: By Kelsey Tamborrino and Jessie Blaeser

4 November 2025 at 18:00

An “executive branch machinery that defaulted to caution, process, and reactive strategies” undercut the ex-president’s massive energy and infrastructure programs, a report by his former staffers details.

President Joe Biden speaks to guests at an event on the economy.

The water war Trump hasn’t blown up

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By: By Annie Snider

3 November 2025 at 00:00

The fight over the Colorado River’s dwindling resources is made for MAGA — but so far the Trump administration has been playing it straight.

The Glen Canyon Dam is shown outside of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on July 10 in Page, Arizona.

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White House removes Atlantic from oil lease consideration after political backlash
1 November 2025 at 03:28

White House removes Atlantic from oil lease consideration after political backlash

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By: By Ben Lefebvre

1 November 2025 at 03:28

The Trump administration could be days away from proposing a five-year drilling plan that would open new waters off the Pacific and eastern Gulf coasts to oil and gas rigs.

A rig and supply vessel are pictured off the coast of Louisiana on April 10, 2011.

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NOAA hurricane hunter crews, researchers flying without pay
29 October 2025 at 07:30

NOAA hurricane hunter crews, researchers flying without pay

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By: By Daniel Cusick

29 October 2025 at 07:30

The planes have been flying into Hurricane Melissa as part of monitoring the monster storm.

A satellite image shows Hurricane Melissa off Jamaica on Tuesday.

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UN: Global climate plans falling short of the goal
28 October 2025 at 15:01

UN: Global climate plans falling short of the goal

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By: By Zack Colman

28 October 2025 at 15:01

Greenhouse gas pollution in 2035 would be only 6 percent lower than levels that countries have previously promised to hit by 2030, according to a U.N. report based on skimpy submissions from governments around the world.

A demonstrator holds up a poster with text that reads in Portuguese, "The Answer Is Us," urging President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to complete the demarcation of pending Indigenous lands ahead of the COP30 U.N. Climate Change Conference, in Brasilia, Brazil, on Oct. 13, 2025.

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Global cooling startup raises $60M to test sun-reflecting technology
24 October 2025 at 21:00

Global cooling startup raises $60M to test sun-reflecting technology

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By: By Corbin Hiar and Karl Mathiesen

24 October 2025 at 21:00

The fundraising haul marks strong enthusiasm for experiments aimed at lowering temperatures, said the company. But it also raises questions about commercializing technologies with potentially damaging consequences.

Stardust, a geoengineering company, plans to test its particles inside a plane while flying in the stratosphere in April 2026.

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Trump targets Atlantic and Pacific coasts for new oil drilling
23 October 2025 at 10:53

Trump targets Atlantic and Pacific coasts for new oil drilling

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By: By Ben Lefebvre

23 October 2025 at 10:53

The move would reignite a fight with coastal state governors — particularly California’s Gavin Newsom — who forced the president to back down in his first term.

President Donald Trump's plan would seek to put California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a tricky political position.

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Trump takes aim at European climate law after killing UN shipping fee
23 October 2025 at 09:01

Trump takes aim at European climate law after killing UN shipping fee

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By: By Ben Lefebvre and Zack Colman

23 October 2025 at 09:01

Once again the United States is using its economic might to pressure other countries to back down from an effort to limit greenhouse gas pollution.

President Donald Trump, flanked by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, speaks to reporters on Oct. 6 before signing an executive order in the Oval Office.

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‘It just seems so messy’: How Chris Wright went wrong with the White House
18 October 2025 at 00:54

‘It just seems so messy’: How Chris Wright went wrong with the White House

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By: By Ben Lefebvre and Zack Colman

18 October 2025 at 00:54

Missteps in cutting clean energy spending and friction between staffers has led to questions about whether the former fracking company CEO will remain in the Cabinet.