List of Environment articles
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Residents collect water from a Delhi Jal Board water tanker in the slums of Govind Puri in New Delhi, India. Photo: Sanjit Das for The Foreign Policy -
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S., China, and Brazil Make Climate Pledges Ahead of Paris Summit
Major economies, rich and poor alike, are taking serious steps to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. That’s a sea change in global efforts to fight rising temperatures.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Supreme Court Whacks Obama’s Power Plant Rules
The judicial setback sends the administration's mercury-emissions rules back for further review. But they've already accomplished most of what they set out to do.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Solar-Powered Plane Flies Over the Pacific in Potentially Record-Breaking Flight
If Swiss pilot André Borschberg makes it, the trip will be both the longest distance a solar-powered aircraft has ever flown and the longest time a pilot has ever spent in the air on a solo flight.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Green Star Over China
Can the country’s unorthodox environmental minister tackle its massive pollution problems?
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Haitians queue up to legalize their status at the Interior Ministry in Santo Domingo, on June 17, 2015. Tens of thousands of people are facing deportations as a deadline for foreigners, most of them being Haitians, to legalize their status as undocumented alien is due to expire midnight. AFP PHOTO / ERIKA SANTELICES (Photo credit should read ERIKA SANTELICES/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Pope Believes in Climate Change (and One Group of Catholics Is Glad to Hear It)
Pope Francis's controversial climate encyclical might tick off American Catholics from Princeton professors to the GOP, but it's right in line with his congregation in Latin America.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Hunt for the Last Chilean Sea Bass Poachers
They were the few ships left of what was once one of the most lucrative illegal fishing operations in history. An inside look at the high seas chases that may have brought them down for good.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 There’s Hope for Tackling Climate Change After All
Economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions are going their separate ways, says the International Energy Agency. That opens the door to a Paris climate agreement that’s good for growth and for the planet.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pope Francis Calls for Aggressive Action on Climate Change in Leaked Encyclical
An Italian paper broke embargo and published the document ahead of schedule.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Surreal Images of Hippos and Bears Caught in Devastating Georgian Floods
12 people are dead in flooding that devastated Tbilisi's zoo.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Green Revolution
China has been the world’s worst environmental offender for years. That could change a lot sooner than expected.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 EPA Finds No Major Water Impacts From Fracking (Sort Of)
A four-year environmental review into the potential risks of hydraulic fracturing to water supplies largely vindicates the practice, but hardly settles the debate.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is India’s Deadly Heat Wave Global Warming?
In one of the hottest cities in India, residents blame overcrowding, rapid urbanization, and pollution for record-breaking temperatures.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Black Carbon’s Silver Lining in the Arctic
The Obama administration seeks a bright side for the environment after allowing oil drilling off the coast of Alaska.
