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As Glaciers Melt, the Earth’s Cryosphere Is on Thin Ice

A glaciologist and climate scientist is sounding the alarm at COP30 about the rapid shrinking of glaciers all over the world, setting the stage for flooding, sea level rise and mass migration.

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

Built to Fail: Rules at UN Climate Talks Favor the Status Quo, Not Progress

Unpredictable Spurts of Dry and Wet Weather Cause Confusion and New Challenges for Midwestern Farmers

People observe the Rhone Glacier as it melts into its glacial lake in the Swiss Alps. Credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

Politics

Australian Company BHP Found Liable for Damages in One of Brazil’s Worst Mining Disasters

A High Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that BHP was responsible for the Mariana dam collapse, after the company was acquitted of criminal charges last year in a Brazilian court. Claimants are seeking up to $47 billion in damages.

By Blanca Begert

Lawmakers Press EPA for $3B in Stalled Lead Pipe Replacement Funds

A New Unifying Issue: Just About Everyone Hates Data Centers

Pamela Rayane Fernandes holding a tombstone of her 5-year-old daughter Emanuelle, who died in Bento Rodriguez, Brazil, following the collapse of the Fundão mine dam in the mountains of southeast Brazil nine years ago. Credit: Douglas Magno/AFP via Getty Images

Justice & Health

What Chicago’s Boulevards Reveal about Community, Climate Change and Inequality

The city’s park and boulevard system was built to connect people, reduce heat and protect against floods. Can it live up to that?

By Yiannis Mastoras

Global Rush for Copper Hits the Amazon

A Patch of Indigenous Land, Rich in Metals, Pits Prominent Miner and Native Owners Against Conservationists

Chicago’s Historic Boulevards are identified by these distinctive signs found across the system. Credit: Yiannis Mastoras/Inside Climate News

Fossil Fuels

International Energy Report Projects a Slower Transition to Renewables, but Oil Could Still Peak This Decade

A new report from the International Energy Agency says renewable energy is surging ahead, but natural gas demand could peak five years later than it forecasted last year.

By Blanca Begert

Pennsylvania to Leave RGGI as Part of an Overdue Budget Deal

ConocoPhillips Wants to Explore for Oil in an Arctic Wilderness

Solar panels stand near the remains of coal mining equipment in Lynch, Ky. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Clean Energy

Decades After the U.S. Government Conducted Research Beneath This City, a Promising Clean Energy Technology Returns to Its Roots

Researchers drilling under a college campus in the 1980s paved the way for an ambitious new project in the Twin Cities.

By Phil McKenna

As the Government Abandons Clean Energy, Green Steelmaking Advocates Look for Other Paths Forward

The EV Battery Tech That’s Worth the Hype, According to Experts

Michael Ahern, senior vice president for system development at Ever-Green Energy, describes where wells will be drilled at The Heights, a 112-acre mixed-use development currently under construction in St. Paul, Minn. Credit: Phil McKenna/Inside Climate News

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