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Carbon markets pay off for US statesWednesday - Nine years after its launch, the US's first mandatory carbon-trading programme is still boosting the economy and creating jobs in its nine-state region. |
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Nature best weapon against flood damageWednesday - Scientists have found nature is the most cost-effective way of reducing the impacts of extreme weather events. |
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Coal lobbyist becomes No2 official at EPA16 Apr 18 - Former coal industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler has been confirmed as second in command at the the US Environmental Protection Agency. |
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Seas rising too fast to save much of Mississippi Delta16 Apr 18 - Louisiana is proceeding with ambitious plans to redirect the Mississippi River — but even this massive intervention might not be enough to save the most threatened lands from fast-rising seas. |
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Seattle wants to charge city drivers9 Apr 18 - A Seattle proposal to make drivers pay a fee for coming downtown is a linchpin in a list of initiatives aimed at reducing carbon emissions from the city’s transportation sector. |
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US to ease car and truck emissions standards5 Apr 18 - US environmental regulators will ease emissions standards for cars and trucks, saying that a timeline put in place by President Obama was not appropriate and set standards “too high”. |
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Walden Pond pilgrims pollute one of nature's sacred sites5 Apr 18 - Even the waters of Walden Pond, where Henry David Thoreau famously retreated to try to understand nature, are not safe from climate change and human pollution. |
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Judge rejects Exxon bid to shut down fraud probe3 Apr 18 - A US federal judge has rejected Exxon's attempt to shut down two state investigations into whether the oil giant misled investors for years about the risks of climate change. |
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US judge rules out mining on public land29 Mar 18 - A federal court has ruled on clmate grounds against a US Interior Department plan to open more than 15 million acres of public land and mineral rights to fossil fuel extraction. |
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New York commits $1.4b to renewable energy work16 Mar 18 - New York has said it will spend $1.4 billion on 26 renewable projects, including 22 solar farms, three wind farms, and one hydroelectric project. |
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Schwarzenegger planning to sue oil companies15 Mar 18 - Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is planning to sue oil companies, alleging they are "knowingly killing people all over the world". |
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Pompeo is a buddy of the Koch brothers15 Mar 18 - Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump's choice to replace Rex Tillerson as US foreign affairs chief, is an ally of the Koch brothers and a critic of the Paris climate agreement. |
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How America's clean coal dream unravelled6 Mar 18 - Kemper power plant in the US promised to be a world leader in ‘clean coal’ technology but Guardian reporting found evidence top executives knew of construction problems and design flaws years before... |
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Major US emitters getting away with it14 Feb 18 - The US Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement activity against polluters has fallen to its lowest level in a decade. |
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Why hasn’t Trump affected carbon markets?9 Feb 18 - US President Donald Trump's fight against climate change reduction efforts hasn't had a noticeable impact - yet. Why not? |
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Top universities form climate change coalition9 Feb 18 - Leading universities across North America have launched the University Climate Change Coalition to leverage their research and resources to spur local climate action. |
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Half of US bases worldwide under threat from weather9 Feb 18 - Nearly half of US military sites are threatened by wild weather linked to climate change, according to a new Pentagon study. |
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Florida Keys raising road levels to beat the sea7 Feb 18 - Parts of the Florida Keys will spend millions on raising roads before they are inundated by rising sea levels. |
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