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‘Nobody wants to be part of a dying culture’: Reddit on the end of coal
Donald Trump wants to revive the coal industry. But Redditors from declining US coal towns say their families need a future rather than a return to the past
End of coal: Failure to see it coming will hurt miners most
History shows governments that don’t anticipate and make provisions for the decline of coal burden communities for generations
Australia: new climate policy, same old politics
A major review of Australian climate policy has been compromised by the malignant politics that has sent Australia to the back of the international pack
US cities and states back Paris deal but ignore climate finance
Several US states and cities have committed to cut emissions despite president Trump, but only Seattle remembered cash commitments to the developing world
FORE! Trump’s Paris speech was an awful mishit
The golf-loving president says he will pull the US from the Paris agreement. The UN’s renewable energy chief explains why that’s dumb in terms he’d understand
Where is the most vulnerable country to climate change?
Vast, dry and poor, Chad is more susceptible to climate change than any other country
Multi-faith leaders target Pruitt with G7 call to respect creation
Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus and Buddhists have issued a plea to the G7 environment ministers to act faster on climate change
Adani’s Australian mine green light can’t change economics of coal
The ‘final investment decision’ taken by Adani this week leaves many near and long term questions unanswered about the project’s viability
Trump hasn’t actually left the Paris climate deal. Not yet
Despite the headlines and Donald Trump’s rhetoric, the official US position remains unchanged and where things go from here are unclear
EU-China: New ‘climate leaders’ are also enamoured of fossil fuels
Gas imports to Europe from the US and massive future coal burning in China undermine the rhetoric of the world’s new self-proclaimed climate spearheads
EU-China climate statement is a manifesto for a new global order
The ten-page document affirms, in extraordinarily strong language, that the EU and China intend to make the US irrelevant
Trump schedules Paris announcement for 3pm Thursday
Join our live blog from around 2pm ET (7pm BST) for updates from the US and around the world as Trump makes his decision on the Paris accord
Environmental protections are under siege across the world
Not only in the US, the laws that safeguard the global commons are being watered down or washed away
Pope’s climate essay won’t convince Trump, it didn’t even work on Catholics
Pope’s encyclical on climate change appealed to liberals, but conservative Catholics were driven away by the values it invoked
US manufacturers offshore pollution to developing countries
Firms found to be improving their own environmental performance by moving more-polluting activities overseas, where regulations are more lax
Acts of God: why secular climate projects fail in the Pacific
For communities in many poorer countries, including in the Pacific Islands, the most influential messages engage with people’s spiritual beliefs and involve religious leaders
Ocean acidification is global warming’s forgotten crisis
We have the tools to barricade ecosystems against some impacts of warmer, more acidic oceans. But do we have the political will to use them?
Pacific islands are on a collision course with the shipping industry
The shipping industry could undermine global climate efforts. But Pacific islands and EU nations are joining together to force them to change.
The US is no longer worthy of the Paris agreement
The Paris agreement is a club for countries who are part of a global effort to tackle dangerous climate change. The US no longer meets these admission criteria.
It’s time for honesty about climate uncertainty
New York Times columnist Bret Stephens is right to embrace uncertainty, but not as an argument for inaction on climate change