U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said reports have painted ‘a clear and bleak picture’ of global-warming greenhouse gas emissions still growing at record levels.
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Fossil fuel projects were stalled a year ago. Now they’re making a comeback.
As world leaders prepare to gather for this year’s climate summit, they will have to contend with a surge in new fossil fuel infrastructure prompted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ latest painting targeted by climate activists
Police in The Hague said they had arrested three people for ‘public violence against property.’
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U.N. weather agency call record high greenhouse gas levels ‘ominous’
The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an ‘ominous’ sign.
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Most in U.S. want more action on climate change, are unfamiliar with new law
Combined with spending by states and the private sector, the Inflation Reduction Act could help shrink U.S. carbon emissions by about two-fifths by 2030 and chop emissions from electricity by as much as 80%, advocates say.
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Climate change threatens emperor penguins with extinction, officials say
Melting sea ice has upended the habitat it needs to breed, feed and protect itself from predators.
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Climate protesters throw mashed potatoes at Monet painting
The two activists, both wearing orange high-visibility vests, also glued themselves to the wall below the painting.
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Our View: Republicans offer anger, but no real solutions, for lobster industry
Competing interests are colliding in the Gulf of Maine. It’ll be up to our elected officials to find a compromise.
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Emissions rising in 2022, but more slowly
The International Energy Agency attributes the progress to the growth in renewable power and electric cars.
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Fearing coastal pollution, Brunswick passes moratorium to delay housing development in watershed
The Brunswick Town Council responded to growing concerns about the health of its coastal ecosystems Monday evening by imposing an emergency moratorium on development projects within the Maquoit Bay Watershed.