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News Articles: climate

A dry landscape pictured on Navajo Nation lands on in the town of Gallup, New Mexico in June 2019. New research says the near-total loss of tribal lands in the U.S. has left Indigenous people more vulnerable to climate change.

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  • Climate

How loss of historical lands makes Native Americans more vulnerable to climate change

Indigenous nations across the U.S. lost nearly 99% of their historical land base over time, new research shows. What little land they have left is especially vulnerable to climate change risks.

November 02, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
The Asia Vision LNG carrier ship sits docked at the Cheniere Energy Inc. terminal in this aerial photograph taken over Sabine Pass in Texas in 2016.

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  • Climate

Climate pledges don't stop countries from exporting huge amounts of fossil fuels

Under the Paris climate deal, exports of oil, gas and coal don't count toward a country's emissions. That's coming in for scrutiny as leaders gather for another global climate summit.

November 01, 2021
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
Karine Elharrar, Orna Barbivai and Meir Cohen from the Yesh Atid party arrive for consultations on the formation of a coalition government in Jerusalem on April 5, 2021.

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  • World

Israel's energy minister couldn't enter COP26 because of wheelchair inaccessibility

Energy minister Karine Elharrar says she was taken to several entrances on Monday, the first full day of the conference, but was unable to get inside from any of them.

November 01, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
President Biden delivers a speech during the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday.

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  • Politics

Biden announces a plan in Glasgow to help poorer countries with climate change

In a speech to the U.N. climate summit on Monday, President Biden laid out his strategy for reaching goals to curb emissions — and a plan to help developing countries adapt to climate change.

November 01, 2021
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By:
  • Brian Naylor
GPB  NPR

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  • Climate

Climate change is having an adverse effect on South Carolina's Low Country

On the coast of the eastern U.S., a combination of climate change and development is threatening the fertile fishing grounds and salt marshes that have sustained and protected the region.

November 01, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Martin
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during the opening ceremony of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday.

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  • Climate

The U.N. chief warns that reliance on fossil fuels is pushing the world to the brink

At the opening of a United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, António Guterres says the world is "digging our own grave" by not acting more aggressively to mitigate climate change.

November 01, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Sitara Begum fills buckets with drinking water from a plastic water tank.

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  • Climate

PHOTOS: Cyclones and salty water are a threat. These women are finding solutions

Storms come more often and the sea is rising, says an activist in Bangladesh. Crops are being ruined. Here's how one village is handling the situation.

November 01, 2021
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By:
  • Dan Charles
President Biden spent three days in Rome talking to world leaders before and during the G-20. He held a formal press conference before heading to the UN climate summit in Glasgow.

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  • Politics

Biden says he worries that cutting oil production too fast will hurt working people

President Biden said he's worried about soaring energy prices and says the world can't simply cut its use of fossil fuels — even as he heads to Glasgow for the U.N. climate summit.

October 31, 2021
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  • Tamara Keith

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  • Climate

These 4 charts explain why the stakes are so high at the U.N. climate summit

How hot will the planet get? What nations negotiate at the international climate summit will help determine that. Here are 4 things to know about what's being decided.

October 30, 2021
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer,
  • Connie Hanzhang Jin,
  • and 1 more
Maria Laura Rojas, a climate activist from Bogota, at the outskirts of the city.

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  • Climate

From a place of privilege, she speaks the truth about climate to power

Maria Laura Rojas admits that climate change has not had an impact on her own life. But with empathy and determination, she'll speak out for the most vulnerable at the COP26 summit.

October 30, 2021
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By:
  • Dan Charles
Donald Caesar, Jr., 49, stands in front of a pile of garbage. That's what's left of his family's home a month after Hurricane Ida ripped through LaPlace, La.

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  • National

In hurricane-wrecked Southern Louisiana, longtime residents consider calling it quits

For the people of LaPlace, La. the destruction of Hurricane Ida was on another level. And that has some residents considering moving away before the next one.

October 28, 2021
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By:
  • Shalina Chatlani,
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • and 2 more
House Oversight Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., says oil companies who have said they are working to use greener technologies have also disseminated misinformation about climate change.

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  • Politics

Oil companies face 'big tobacco moment' in Congress over their climate policies

House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., called the CEOs of four oil companies to appear and answer questions about climate change. She says the companies have spread misinformation for decades.

October 28, 2021
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh
President Biden, pictured leaving the Oval Office on Oct. 15, is traveling to Rome and Glasgow during the second foreign trip of his presidency.

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  • Politics

Here's who Biden will meet with when he goes to Rome and Glasgow this week

President Biden has been scrambling to make a deal at home with lawmakers in his own party before heading to the G-20 summit in Rome and the U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow.

October 28, 2021
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By:
  • NPR Staff
Emissions rise from a smokestack in Ohio. The United States has contributed more heat-trapping pollution than any country over time and has been the prime driver of global climate change.

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  • Climate

How decades of disinformation about fossil fuels halted U.S. climate policy

Most Americans want the government to tackle climate change, but decades of industry lobbying and misinformation have repeatedly worked together to prevent meaningful action.

October 27, 2021
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By:
  • Jeffrey Pierre and
  • Scott Neuman
Tammy and Benny Alexie have been married for over 35 years. Until Hurricane Ida, they had lived in the same house in Barataria, La.

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  • National

Benny watched his house drift away. Now, his community wants better storm protection

Residents of and around Jean Lafitte, La. say they haven't seen storm damage like this before. And they say the federal government could have done more for them as it did for the city upriver.

October 27, 2021
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By:
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • Lauren Hodges,
  • and 1 more
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