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Limiting the size of the annual conference, eliminating conflicts of interest and adopting enforceable agreements with a voting system could help speed up global climate action, research shows.

As COP28 negotiations in Dubai last December stalled over language describing the phaseout of fossil fuels for the summit’s final agreement, several American climate activists and scientists tried to revive a long-simmering call to adopt voting rules at the climate talks, where diplomats currently reach decisions by consensus.

Policy Experts Say the UN Climate Talks Need Reform, but Change Would be Difficult in the Current Political Landscape

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Is the Keystone XL Pipeline Back?

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A company has proposed to build a crude oil pipeline crossing the Canadian border near where the long-contested project would have entered the United States.

No project better embodies the nation’s wild swings in climate and energy policy than the Keystone XL pipeline.

Is the Keystone XL Pipeline Back?

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Meeting Climate Targets Requires Humanity to Reorient Its Relationship With Nature, New Study Says

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A team including scientists, Indigenous people and conservationists point to the ecosystem connecting Yellowstone and the Yukon as an example of a region where humans and nature are flourishing together.

Governments cannot reach their climate goals without rethinking humanity’s relationship to the Earth.

Meeting Climate Targets Requires Humanity to Reorient Its Relationship With Nature, New Study Says

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Severe Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ During Pregnancy Could Lead to Childhood Asthma

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A new Swedish study focuses on very high levels of PFAS exposure in drinking water.

Exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy could increase the risk of childhood asthma, according to new research from Sweden.

Severe Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ During Pregnancy Could Lead to Childhood Asthma

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