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Participants broke a long-standing taboo by openly linking oil and gas not just to emissions, but to war, displacement and economic instability.

While some major fossil fuel producers keep pushing for expanded oil and gas use, which is linked to warfare, economic shocks and ecological damage, more than 50 countries at the first Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels began developing plans to shift toward renewable energy systems designed for stability and abundance rather than scarcity and conflict.

As Energy, War and Climate Collide, a Conference in Colombia Charts a Path Beyond Fossil Fuels

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The Water Is Rising in Chesapeake Bay. Can Tangier Island Be Saved?

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As the barrier island loses land and residents, engineered efforts could combat the rising sea water that surrounds it.

TANGIER, Va.— Terry Parks stood in the rear of a boat passing the western shore of Tangier Island.

The Water Is Rising in Chesapeake Bay. Can Tangier Island Be Saved?

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Greenpeace’s Dutch Anti-SLAPP Case Against Oil Pipeline Giant Advances

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But a $345 million U.S. verdict against the environmental group hangs over the case.

A lawsuit filed by Greenpeace International against the U.S.-based fossil fuel company Energy Transfer in the Netherlands is moving forward after a Dutch court recently ruled in favor of the environmental organization in rejecting the company’s bid to toss out the case.

Greenpeace’s Dutch Anti-SLAPP Case Against Oil Pipeline Giant Advances

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The Search for Super Reefs

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Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and oceans correspondent Teresa Tomassoni as they discuss the search for heat-resilient coral reefs that are somehow defying the odds to survive a warming planet.

The world has already lost more than half of its coral reefs, and most of what remains is at risk of disappearing in the next 25 years.

The Search for Super Reefs

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