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Trump-era climate resistance, from a beachside in Rhode Island
States claiming climate leadership will be held to account by local groups like Keep Rhode Island Beautiful, fighting against fossil fuel developments
US cities and states back Paris deal but ignore climate finance
Several US states and cities have committed to cut emissions despite president Trump, but only Seattle remembered cash commitments to the developing world
Bangladesh backtracks on carbon tax proposal ahead of election year
Mooted climate policy was dropped from the budget announced on Thursday, as energy and transport lobbies complained it would raise living costs
Donald Trump says US will leave Paris climate agreement
Donald Trump withdraws the US from 2015 Paris climate agreement, leaving the US standing almost alone against action on climate change
Brazil’s pro-beef president Temer, betrayed by the industry he courted
Even as he handed more and more power to an agricultural lobby that would strip the Amazon for pasture, Michel Temer was being double-crossed
Ségolène Royal reveals new head for ‘Africa-led’ renewables scheme
Denying allegations of meddling in African clean energy initiative, French environment minister pre-empts board decision on next top official
Brazilian indigenous leader appeals for solidarity against land grabs
Guarani-Kaiowá leader Ladio Veron is touring Europe to raise awareness of violence and environmental destruction by agribusiness
Brazilian government fires top anti-deforestation official
Thelma Krug has lost her job in a row over the precision of official data, say sources at the environment ministry
Fund considering Adani coal mine loan ‘obsessed with secrecy’
Experts say $5bn Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility’s repeated rejection of requests for information on Adani coal project loan has no basis in law
The seven men who will decide US role in Paris climate deal
Donald Trump’s most powerful advisors are set to debate whether the US stays in the UN climate pact. Here’s what we know about their positions
GOP climate rebels emerge from the shadows
Seventeen Republican House members have broken with their president and publicly urged Congress to act on climate change. More are expected to join them
Indian court awards legal rights of a person to entire ecosystem
An Indian state has awarded full legal status to an entire ecosystem. But can such a right be protected?
EU palm oil restrictions risk sparking trade spat
The European Parliament is set to back a ban on use of palm oil for biofuels, in a bid to protect rainforests, but exporters warn this would violate trade rules
Trump scraps Obama climate plan, undermining international trust
The US is becoming a “rogue state” as it backslides on hard-fought global pact, say international observers
The frontline of the dirty air crisis, where no-one keeps a record
Beside Nairobi’s notorious Kariokor roundabout, Climate Home finds an unmonitored health catastrophe
Maldives regime imperils coral reefs in dash for cash
Under President Yameen, ministers are quashing environmental concerns to strike opaque resort deals with foreign investors, warn divers, scientists and two EPA insiders
“Beef caucus” takes over indigenous policies in Brazil
Indigenous groups say they are at “war” with the Brazilian government after the appointment of a justice minister with close ties to agriculture
Mozambique expands coal port lapped by rising seas
Dignitaries celebrate the expansion of Maputo port, but experts warn fossil fuelled climate change threatens development gains
The making of Sweden’s climate law – and that photo
How Sweden’s centre right and left parties united around a tough climate goal and spawned one of the strongest anti-Trump images of his short presidency
Weekly wrap: Sweden trolls Trump with climate law pic
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