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Climate Change to Create Up to 143Mln Additional Migrants by 2050 [Report]
By 2050, climate change is estimated to create up to 143 million additional migrants in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and...
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Kenyans Protest Bid to Build East Africa’s First Coal Plant
Kenyans protest against a project to build a coal power station near the Lamu archipelago. The bulk of the $2...
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As Sea Level Rise Accelerates, US Coastal Communities Brace for the Inevitable
The report found that sea level rise exceeding 2 meters by 2100 could result in the loss of 1.79 million...
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Humans Eat ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Plastic Pieces Every Year [Report]
Humans eat and breathe in tens of thousands of microplastic particles every year, according to a new analysis that raised...
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Youths Demonstrate En Masse For Climate Action Ahead of EU Polls
"We have the feeling that many adults have not yet fully understood that we young people cannot stop the climate...
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EU Court Rejects Historic Citizen’s Climate Case
The ruling in the "People's Climate Case" could have a major impact on future climate litigation.
Read moreUN Chief’s Call to ‘Save the Pacific to Save the World’
UN Secretary-General Guterres said it was vital "to save the Pacific to save the world" as he wrapped up his...
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UN Kicks Off Major Climate Change Effort
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has kicked off a major United Nations push for progress on what he calls the defining issue...
Read more50 US Coal Power Plants Have Shut Down Under Trump
In total, 289 have closed since 2010, comprising 40 percent of the U.S.'s coal power capacity, while an additional 241...
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‘Transformative Change’ Necessary to Prevent Mass Extinction: Major UN Report
A landmark UN report found humans are causing a rapid acceleration in species loss that could ultimately threaten civilization and...
Read moreOne Million Species Risk Extinction Due to Humans: Draft UN Report
The pace of loss "is already tens to hundreds of times higher than it has been, on average, over the...
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Food Can Be the Key to a Long-Term Climate Change Solution
John Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, provided the key to a long-term climate change solution:...
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Combating Energy Poverty: The Rise of Off-Grid Energy in Africa
On any given day, lobbyists and business people in offices on Washington’s K street utilize the same amount of energy...
Read moreGermany Reports First Greenhouse Emissions Fall in Five Years
Last year, Chancellor Angela Merkel's fourth government officially gave up on the goal of slashing output by 40 percent by...
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Thousands of German Teens Join Thunberg’s Climate Fight
Thousands of German youths went on strike from school on Friday, joining Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg who has taken...
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Jury Begins Deliberations in ‘Roundup’ Cancer Trial
"Monsanto knew" its weedkiller Roundup was carcinogenic yet sold it anyway, the lawyer for an American retiree said on the...
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‘No Planet B:’ Tens of Thousands Join Global Youth Demo for Climate
Students flooded into the streets around the world carrying placards reading: "There is no planet B," "You're destroying our future"...
Read moreYouth to Demand Actual Change During Global Climate Strikes
Students from more than 100 countries will miss school to show lawmakers and world leaders how serious they are about...
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Air Pollution Deaths Are Double Earlier Estimates: Study
On average, a toxic cocktail of pollutants from vehicles, industry and agriculture shortens the lives of those who die prematurely...
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Plastic in Crosshairs at UN Environment Forum
The U.N. wants individual countries to sign up to "significantly" reduce plastic production, including a phasing out of single-use plastics...
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