Climate
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World
Warming Set the Stage for Canada’s Record Fires, Study Finds
Climate change has made hot, dry and windy conditions like those that fueled this year’s blazes at least twice as common as they would otherwise be.
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World
A Left-Right Alliance Puts Iowa’s CO2 Pipelines on the Presidential Agenda
Liberal environmentalists and conservative landowners, led by the former congressman Steve King, are pressuring Republican candidates to block two huge Midwestern pipelines.
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Real Estate
What You Can Do at Home to Help Stem Climate Change
Relatively simple measures like thermostat control, composting and switching to electric appliances can make a big difference.
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Business
Extreme Heat Shows the Need for Another Kind of Climate Investment
Almost all climate finance focuses on mitigating climate change. But money is increasingly pouring in to helping people adapt to the effects of global warming.
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World
Xi Says China Will Act on Climate Goals at Its Own Pace
The speech by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to Chinese officials came as John Kerry, President Biden’s climate envoy, urged Beijing to move more quickly to address global warming.
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Business
Yellen Urges China to Step Up Climate Finance Investments
Janet Yellen, the Treasury secretary, said China, the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, can have “greater impact” tackling climate change by working with other nations.
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Business
John Kerry to Visit China to Restart Climate Negotiations
A yearlong freeze in climate talks appears to be ending as the United States and China, the world’s biggest polluters, resume discussions.
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Business
Battle Lines Harden Over Big Oil’s Role at Climate Talks in Dubai
The hosts of the United Nations global climate summit later this year aim to give fossil fuel companies a bigger voice, despite loud objections.
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World
Where Republican Presidential Candidates Stand on Climate Change
While many of them acknowledge that climate change is real, they largely downplay the issue and reject policies that would slow rising temperatures.
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World
Ugly Fight Over Climate Bill Exposes Cracks in German Coalition
Tensions in the three-party government have built for months. But the latest sniping is unusually fierce, raising fresh questions of dysfunction.