Crisis

Environment

‘Keeping us hooked on fossil fuels’: how can we negotiate with autocracies on the climate crisis? | Climate crisis

When it comes to the climate crisis, how do you negotiate with an autocracy? It is the case today, and…

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Trump’s $1tn for Pentagon to add huge planet-heating emissions, study shows | Climate crisis

Trump’s huge spending boost for the Pentagon will produce an additional 26 megatons (Mt) of planet-heating gases – on a…

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Tax on AI and crypto could fund climate action, says former Paris accords envoy | Climate crisis

Governments should consider taxing artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies to generate funds to deal with the climate crisis, one of the…

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Environment

How climate crisis makes rainstorms that flooded New York more common | New York

Monday night’s downpour was one of the most intense rainstorms in New York City history, the kind of storm that’s…

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Health

What the 988 crisis line offers and how it’s used : Short Wave : NPR

Part of the 988helpline.org website is photographed Feb. 3, 2023. Jon Elswick/AP hide caption toggle caption Jon Elswick/AP Part of…

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Environment

Federal court dismisses landmark Torres Strait climate case but warns of ‘bleak future’ without urgent action | Climate crisis

The federal court has dismissed a landmark case brought by two Torres Strait community leaders that argued the Australian federal…

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Environment

Woman who withheld council tax in climate protest faces losing home | Climate crisis

A woman who withheld council tax payments for three years in protest at her local authority’s continued investment in fossil…

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Environment

There was a deal to fix this Alabama community’s raw sewage crisis. Trump tore it up over DEI | Alabama

Thelma and Willie Perryman spend most days out front of their family trailer in rural Alabama, shooting the breeze while…

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Scottish households urged to cut water use as climate crisis limits supplies | Water

Scottish households are being urged to cut back heavily on their water use and instead treat it as a precious…

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Environment

With the world in crisis, many say end globalisation. I say that would be a mistake | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

The year 2025 should be a time of celebration, marking eight decades of the United Nations’ existence. But it risks…

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