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Loss and Damage Meeting Shows Signs of Giving Developing Countries a Bigger Voice and Easier Access to Aid
If the new United Nations loss and damage fund lives up to the promise of its first full board meeting, it could be a game-changer…
Appeals Court Ordered the Dismissal of a Landmark Youth Climate Court Case
Earlier this week, a landmark youth climate court case may have been dealt a fatal blow. Originally filed in 2015, Juliana v. United States was…
Battle to Prioritize Public Health over Oil Company Profits Heats Up
On a dreary afternoon in January, a geyser of oily water shot over the fence of an oil and gas company in the Los Angeles…
Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago
Editor’s note: This article, originally published on September 16, 2015, was the first installment of a nine-part investigation called Exxon: The Road Not Taken, now…
Exxon Criticized ICN Stories Publicly, But Privately, Didn’t Dispute The Findings
In the wake of Inside Climate News’ 2015 stories on ExxonMobil’s research confirming fossil fuels’ role in global warming, the oil giant hit back with…
Headed Toward the Finish Line, Plastics Treaty Delegates ‘Work is Far From Over’
The United States and other leading oil and gas producing countries that resist caps on future plastic production had a powerful effect on the latest…
Increasingly Frequent Ocean Heat Waves Trigger Mass Die-Offs of Sealife, and Grief in Marine Scientists
Over the past several years, the temperature of the Earth’s oceans have been spiking high enough to trigger numerous die-offs of marine species, killing millions…
The Government Is Officially Reintroducing Grizzly Bears in the North Cascades. What Happens Now?
In 1996, a Canadian researcher stumbled upon a female grizzly bear snacking on a bushel of berries in the U.S. portion of the North Cascades—a…
A Plastics Plant Promised Pennsylvania Prosperity, but to Some Residents It’s Become a ‘Shockingly Bad’ Neighbor
In 2014, when Jackie Shock-Stewart and her husband Matt Stewart first moved to Beaver County, Pennsylvania, they were only vaguely aware of plans to build…
California Community Organizer Wins Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize
The vast landscape east of Los Angeles known as the Inland Empire is among the fastest-growing regions in California, driven by a booming warehouse and…