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What a Marine Heat Wave Reveals About Our Warming Oceans

An extreme heat wave off California’s coast seemed like an anomaly 10 years ago. But as the ocean warms, the catastrophe may be a glimpse of the future.

Rodeo Beach, Calif., one of the beaches that volunteers survey regularly for wildlife.

What Can the World’s Top Court Do About Climate Change?

The International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ highest judicial body, is beginning landmark hearings on global warming. Here’s a guide.

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Mexico’s Valle de Bravo reservoir this year. The court has been asked what obligations governments have to protect the world’s climate system.

Saudi Arabia Leads Pushback Against Global Plastic Treaty

Delegates from more than 170 countries are working to salvage a treaty that would tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution.

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An oil processing plant in Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter.

Life After Death: America’s Cemeteries Are Rewilding

More burial sites are forgoing pristine lawns for drought resistant plants and wildflowers that help wildlife. Efforts picked up in the pandemic.

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Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn is among the earliest cemeteries in the country to be modeled after rural landscapes, and to serve as an urban park.

Trump Will Have Enormous Power Over Climate Action. Here’s Why.

Presidents have extraordinary control over climate policy, in part, because it’s been decades since Congress has passed a comprehensive environmental bill.

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A Trump supporter outside the White House last month.

Patagonia C.E.O.: Corporate Responsibility Still Matters

Companies continue to invest in sustainability, though many are no longer broadcasting it.

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Protesters near the United Nations’ COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, demand greater accountability from corporations and call out β€œgreenwashing” in 2021. Some companies have stopped advertising their efforts to fight climate change while still carrying them out.

G.M. Will Sell Stake in EV Battery Plant to LG

LG Energy Solution will now solely own a factory in Michigan that it had planned to operate through a joint venture with General Motors.

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General Motors said Monday that it would get back the $1 billion it had invested in the battery plant. LG Energy Solution will complete the construction.

An Arctic Hamlet Is Sinking Into the Thawing Permafrost

Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know they’ll have to move but don’t agree on when.

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Nations Fail to Reach an Agreement on Plastic Pollution

Talks on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution will continue in coming months, delegates said.

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The world produces nearly a half-billion tons of plastic each year, more than twice the amount produced two decades ago.

Hochul Tries to Meet New York’s Climate Goals Without Provoking Trump

Gov. Kathy Hochul is contending with pressure from environmental advocates and President-elect Donald Trump as she charts a path forward.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul has been known to weaken or even veto environmental initiatives if they were thought to lead to an increase in consumer costs.
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