China Helped Indonesia Build One of the World’s Biggest, Youngest Coal Fleets. It’s Still Growing. - Inside Climate News Indonesia is one of the few countries still building new coal power plants, the most polluting sources of power. Chinese companies are playing a large role despite a pledge by Beijing to halt such sup...

China helped build a global fleet of coal plants beyond its borders that pumps out more climate pollution than most nations. Nowhere is the lasting climate legacy clearer than in Indonesia.

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Peru to Consider New Reserve for Uncontacted Indigenous People - Inside Climate News An estimated 7,000 Indigenous people live in voluntary isolation in the country’s Amazon forests, but they face increased threats from logging, mining, oil and gas drilling and drug trafficking.

Loggers, miners and other extractive industries have been pushing into the Amazon territories of Indigenous people living in voluntary isolation. This week, Peru could take a major step to protect these vulnerable groups.

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Dozens of Scientists Call DOE Climate Report ‘Fundamentally Incorrect’ - Inside Climate News The review comes as the Trump administration is leaning on the report as part of its justification to end EPA regulation of greenhouse gases.

More than 85 climate scientists call the US Department of Energy’s new climate report unfit for policymaking in a comprehensive review. DOE’s report cherry-picked evidence, lacked peer-reviewed studies and is “fundamentally incorrect,” the authors wrote.
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The Chinese Dam Threatening the World’s Most Endangered Ape - Inside Climate News When a new orangutan species was found near a Chinese-owned hydrodam in Indonesia, scientists and advocates launched a campaign to block the project. Then some who spoke against it lost their jobs and...

Chinese-built hydroelectric dams have taken an enormous environmental toll. Here's the story of one project that is threatening to drive an orangutan species to extinction, and of the people who have fought to block it.

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One Small Country, Nearly $20 Billion in Corporate Claims - Inside Climate News Using a secretive arbitration system, multinational companies could bankrupt Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the world. A recent advisory opinion from a human-rights court calls for an overh...

A shadowy corner of international law is threatening climate action, many political leaders and advocates say. It also could bankrupt one of the poorest countries in Latin America.

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As GOP Tries to Pass Tax Bill, Senate Includes Billions in Benefits for Oil Industry - Inside Climate News Draft legislation released by the Senate Finance Committee includes $18 billion in new tax benefits for oil and gas companies and guts those for renewable energy and electric vehicles.

House Republicans gutted tax credits for renewable energy and electric vehicles last month. The Senate is poised to mostly keep those changes and add billions in new tax breaks for fossil fuels, too.

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Fired FEMA chief threatened to quit weeks ago Cameron Hamilton, the acting disaster chief, appeared to contradict Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem by defending the agency on Wednesday.

And just like that, the "senior official performing the duties of the FEMA administrator" is out, the morning after he testified that eliminating the agency would not “in the best interest of the American people.”

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Inside Climate News Series Is a Scripps Howard Finalist - Inside Climate News “Cashing Out” investigated a system that lets companies win multimillion or even billion-dollar penalties against countries trying to protect the environment and public.

Excited to see this great @insideclimatenews.org series by @katiesurma.bsky.social & Nicholas Kusnetz get recognition.

A system you've probably never heard of is costing taxpayers around the world billions and hamstringing environmental protection.

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With FEMA Under Fire, Congress Asks Whether Agency Is Ready for Hurricane Season - Inside Climate News The agency’s acting head faced questioning by lawmakers over canceled grants, plans to limit relief and a projected $8 billion disaster fund deficit.

The Trump administration has been canceling FEMA grants and trying to make it harder for states to get disaster relief. Congressional Democrats warn the changes tell local governments: “You’re on your own.”

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Liquefied natural gas exports are surging, and @mckennapr.bsky.social crunched some numbers to help show just how much this is increasing climate pollution.