Colombia's new president moves to revive fracking pilots halted under Petro
Supporters say shale gas could offset shrinking reserves, while residents of the wetland town of Puerto Wilches fear for their water and wildlife.
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Policy & Regulation
Climate summits, international agreements, national policy.
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Every answer to the climate crisis eventually turns into a policy document. This section follows COP summits, nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, the European Green Deal, and national climate law and emissions trading. Our interest is less in the announced target than in the clause that makes it binding.
UK Green Party drops its long-standing opposition to nuclear power
Members voted to let the party's elected representatives judge new reactors case by case, while keeping wind and solar as its main priorities.
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Flávio Bolsonaro's first-round lead in Brazil alarms climate and forest campaigners
The far-right candidate won 47% of the vote ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff against Lula, whose government nearly halved Amazon deforestation.
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Only two leaders from outside the Pacific join Australia's pre-COP visit to Tuvalu
The low turnout is a setback for a meeting moved to Fiji to draw global attention to the countries most threatened by rising seas.
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Indonesia threatens prison terms for downloading its forest maps without permission
Researchers say new limits on government geospatial data could make it harder to track illegal deforestation in one of the world's most biodiverse countries.
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Fossil fuel transition is not up for renegotiation, Fiji's leader tells pre-COP meeting
Australia's prime minister warned of a summer of floods, cyclones and extreme heat after leaders visited Tuvalu, where rising seas threaten damage costs larger than its economy.
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European Commission weighs one-year delay to methane rules for energy imports
Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen proposed pausing import requirements due to take effect Jan. 1, citing an extra 100 billion euros in energy costs this year.
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Twenty-one states sue EPA over repeal of power plant climate rules
The coalition says the rollback clears the way for millions of tons of additional greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas plants.
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Nepal's $20 million loss-and-damage request would cover less than 1% of flood costs
Requests to the UN fund already total three times what donors have pledged, and none of the money has been paid out yet, an analysis finds.
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Trump administration finalizes rollback of federal fuel economy standards
The new rules imply a fleetwide average of about 34.9 miles per gallon by 2031, down from roughly 50.4 under the Biden-era standard.
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Cadbury owner Mondelēz lobbied to weaken EU deforestation law, watchdog says
Global Witness says the company's chief executive met Washington's ambassador to the European Union months before lawmakers voted to simplify the rules; Mondelēz says it supports the law's goals.
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EU warns 18 member states over delays in giving households the right to share solar power
The countries, including France, Spain and the Netherlands, have two months to show they have written the rules into national law.
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