Semafor • Nov 10, 2025
DR Congo suspends Chinese cobalt miner after chemical spill
Hundreds of Lubumbashi homes flooded with contaminated water in latest mining accident.
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Semafor • Nov 10, 2025
Muted COP30 opens in Brazil with US absent
Trump's pullback from green energy has slowed the global transition from fossil fuels and trimmed investors’ interest in the summit.
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The Majority Report • Nov 9, 2025
US Empire Vs Earth | Abby Martin | TMR
Mother Jones • Nov 9, 2025
Donald Trump’s Dream of an Alaskan Oil Boom Is Feeling More Like a Bust
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As Kristen Moreland waited for the livestream to buffer, her thoughts drifted to the years she’d devoted to defending Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the northeastern sweep of Alaska where the mountains give way to the coastal plain. On screen, the chatter […]
Lever News • Nov 8, 2025
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Power Shifts And Election Shocks
An obscure election galvanizes national power battles, a worker takes on corporate exploitation, consumers’ favorite energy program survives Trump, and electoral wins reverberate nationwide.
Semafor • Nov 7, 2025
How AI-powered radars are helping protect polar bears, and humans
The 'bear-dar' can detect the bears' movements using AI, and when community members receive alerts that a bear is nearby, they use noisemakers to deter it.
Semafor • Nov 7, 2025
Qatar awards Samsung carbon-capture contract
The announcement comes as ‘energy realists’ at COP30 in Brazil are expected to push back against stricter climate goals.
Semafor • Nov 7, 2025
Russia could buy leftover uranium from Niger, France warns
The Arlit mine, formerly run by a French group, was seized during Niger’s 2023 military coup, and stockpiles of uranium remained on site.
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Michigan Lawsuit Calls Big Oil a “Cartel” That’s Driving High Energy Bills
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Reclaiming water from contaminated brine can increase water supply and reduce environmental harm
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Kristi Noem’s Throttling of FEMA Funds Constitutes a Preventable Disaster
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Snowstorms Are Hell for Wheelchair Users—But They Don’t Have to Be
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Climate change threatens the Winter Olympics’ future – and even snowmaking has limits for saving the Games
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Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demand
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Trump’s climate policy rollback plan relies on EPA rescinding its 2009 endangerment finding – but will courts allow it?
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In a Warming World, Winter Olympics Organizers Will Have to Adapt
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Oregon Bill Would Tax Tourists to Protect Animals and Their Habitats
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