New York climate advocates celebrate Mamdani’s victory, prepare to hold him accountable
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For the first time in years, New York’s environmental justice advocates say they’ll be working with the city’s government – rather than against it.
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How the US could shape the COP30 climate summit without even being there
Thu 6 Nov 2025
The Trump administration has recently taken aggressive stances to try to influence other countries’ climate policies, mainly by threatening hostile trade measures.
‘How did we get here?’: Documentary explores how Republicans changed course on the climate
Wed 5 Nov 2025
In The White House Effect, now available on Netflix, archival footage is used to show how the US right moved from believing to disputing the climate crisis.
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Tue 4 Nov 2025
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process.
No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say
Mon 3 Nov 2025
Decision to stay away from Cop30 meeting in Brazil underscores administration’s hostility to climate action.
Judge says Greenpeace must pay $345 million in pipeline lawsuit, cutting jury amount nearly in half
31 Oct 2025
A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and related entities liable for defamation and other claims in connection with protests of an oil pipeline nearly a decade ago.
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
30 Oct 2025
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%.
ExxonMobil sues California over climate disclosure laws
28 Oct 2025
Exxon Mobil Corporation is suing the state of California over a pair of 2023 climate disclosure laws that the company says infringe upon its free speech rights, namely by forcing it to embrace the message that large companies are uniquely to blame for climate change.
Why Democrats aren’t talking about climate change much anymore
24 Oct 2025
Nearly a year after the 2024 election, Democrats are still trying to figure out what went wrong. In the midst of this soul-searching, a new piece of advice has appeared: “Don’t say climate change.”
How veterans of Al Gore's firm plan to align on climate and still profit
23 Oct 2025
A new investment firm is betting on a big idea: There's no collision between prioritising both climate and returns despite the recent vibe shift – if you do the homework.
