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Can Glasgow Sign a Global Climate Deal?

GLASGOW — The international climate summit here has been billed as the “last, best hope”…

Antarctica was once a Land of Fire and Not Ice

Imagine the Chilean Patagonia forests: dense, wet, and cold. monkey puzzle treesConifers, and other hardy…

Activists hope protests draw large crowds, as leaders bargain in Glasgow.

Protest organizers hoped to draw large crowds of protestors to Glasgow’s streets Saturday to demand…

Infrastructure Bill makes the first major U.S. investment in climate resilience

WASHINGTON — The $1 trillion infrastructure bill now headed to President Biden’s desk includes the…

Decision Makers and Activists at Climate Summit Perceive ‘Urgent’ Differently

GLASGOW — The week began with more than 130 presidents and prime ministersA group photo…

Democrats put the Social Policy Bill on hold in face of Moderate Revolt

But if anything, the prospect of losses deepened the divisions imperiling both pillars of the…

Cambo, a proposed oil field, is drawing controversy in U.K.

What is Cambo? It’s a proposed oil field deep underwater off Scotland that has become…

William Conway, Who Reimagined America’s Zoos, Is Dead at 91

William G. Conway, an animal conservationist who redefined (but failed to rename) the Bronx Zoo,…

Vanessa Nakate is a Ugandan Climate Activist. She offers an optimistic Vision

Vanessa Nakate (24-year-old Ugandan activist) used Friday’s address to a crowd in Glasgow to stress…

John Kerry Lauds Progress at COP26 but Warns, ‘Job Not Done.’

The halfway mark of the United Nations climate summit is nearing. The Biden administration tried…