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Biden brings US back to Paris climate accord. Now what?
On his first day in office, President Biden recommitted the United States to the Paris climate accord. But the US can’t simply reengage using the old Obama administration playbook, says Jennifer...
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India glacier collapse leaves more than 100 missing
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Rescuers in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand are racing to find more than 100 people missing after a...
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Joe Biden has called for unity. The African concept of Ubuntu offers a path.
History will likely recall Joe Biden’s speech at his inauguration on Jan. 20 both for its inventory of America’s present woes and the challenging solution he called for: unity. For a model of unity,...
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Climate and human security: Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from The World and Inkstick Media. Subscribe here.Last week, Deep Dive began to look at the Journal of Peace Research’s special issue...
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WHO team rules out lab leak as origin of the coronavirus
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.A team from the World Health Organization (WHO) and a joint Chinese mission investigating the origins of the...
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Opening arguments set to begin in day 2 of Trump's impeachment trial
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.On the first day of the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump, House Democratic prosecutors...
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Biden vows to take a 'whole of government' approach to climate change
The Biden administration is making big and early moves to tackle the climate crisis and show the rest of the world and major investors that the US is aggressively committed to climate action. Related:...
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Can carbon offsets preserve Canadian woodlands?
When Patricia Amero walks around the Acadian forests of eastern Canada where she lives, she sees more than the potential for timber sales. As the general manager of the Western Woodlot Services...
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China launches world’s largest carbon market
China is launching the largest carbon market in the world this month, giving financial incentives to power plant operators to reduce their emissions.Experts hope that it will be pivotal in helping the...
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Nigerian farmers can sue Shell in UK over pollution; Myanmar military extends...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that a group of Nigerian farmers and fishermen can sue Royal Dutch Shell...
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Alleged CAR militia leaders reject ICC charges
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Two suspected militia leaders from the Central African Republic, Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred...
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Native tribes in Minnesota pledge to continue fighting new Line 3 pipeline
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden issued an executive order that canceled the permit for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Native American tribes and allies had been protesting...
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Freezing temps wreak havoc on utilities in US and Mexico
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The polar vortex, a swirling mass of cold air that usually spins around the Arctic, is wreaking havoc across...
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Mayan beekeepers launch legal battle to protect the environment
Leydy Pech, a Mayan beekeeper who organized a grassroots campaign to stop the use of genetically modified soybeans and glyphosate on her people’s territory, is the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize...
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Facebook blocks news from its platform in Australia as Google strikes deals
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.If you live in Australia, your Facebook feed looks very different as of Thursday. Tech giant Facebook blocked...
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Biden administration to return to Iran talks
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.In a sharp contrast to former US President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure campaign,” the Biden...
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A new book explores culture within the animal kingdom
Human culture is characterized by language, food, customs, certain territories and a shared sense of aesthetics — and biologists are finding the same is true for many animal species.Writer and...
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Little time left to save the North Atlantic right whale
After years of petitioning the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect North Atlantic right whales, conservation groups recently filed an emergency lawsuit asking the US government to expand...
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Vienna's green mini-city offers a model for sustainable, urban living
On a recent winter afternoon, Phillip Naderer-Puiu and his partner picked up their 4-year-old daughter from day care in aspern Seestadt, a new community focused on green living on the edge of Vienna....
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Danish window company confronts its historic carbon emissions through forest...
Many private companies are making pledges to reach net-zero carbon emissions in the coming decades. But much fewer are taking it a step further — going carbon-negative by paying back the carbon emitted...
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