NEWS + RESEARCH

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COP30: Key Outcomes and Implications

(December 10, 2025) COP30 sparked hope with new forest and Indigenous protections and climate funding, but the fossil fuel deadlock shows we’re still far from the action the planet urgently needs.

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Change the Chamber Warns: EPA’s Methane Delay Endangers Our Future

(December 8, 2025) The EPA’s delay of vital methane rules gives polluters a pass while communities face escalating heat, dirtier air, and mounting health risks. Choosing industry shortcuts over public safety threatens our climate, our economy, and the future young people are fighting to protect.

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A Humanitarian Alarm in Cox’s Bazar

(November 28, 2025) USAID cuts are worsening the crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh leaving Rohingya families struggling to survive. The future for millions hangs in the balance.

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The Gambia: A Small Nation with a Big Fish Problem

(November 21, 2025) Foreign overfishing and fishmeal factories are stripping The Gambia’s waters, driving up food prices, and polluting coastal communities. Weak regulation and corruption have turned a basic food source into a tool of exploitation.

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What Are Asbestos and Lead, and Why Should We Care?

(November 16, 2025) Asbestos and lead are dangerous, long-lasting pollutants that threaten our health and environment, even as political battles continue to put their protections at risk. Recent gains, like the asbestos ban and stronger lead standards, now face renewed uncertainty, making it urgent to defend these lifesaving safeguards.

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Brine to Bone: Oil and Gas’s Radioactive Waste Legacy Shapes Our Health

(October 21, 2025) Oil and gas drilling brings radioactive waste to the surface, contaminating air, water, and soil, and posing invisible but lasting threats to human health. As corporations bury this toxic legacy under weak regulations, frontline communities and workers are exposing how our energy system trades public safety for profit.

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Marine Die-Offs Signal a Climate Emergency

(October 5, 2025) Mass die-offs of sea life are sweeping coastlines as warming seas and pollution trigger toxic blooms and heatwaves. Scientists warn these cascading losses are a glimpse of what’s to come without urgent climate action.

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Womb with a View (of 1.5°C)

(October 2, 2025) Extreme heat is putting pregnancies at risk, increasing the chances of stillbirth, preterm birth, and lasting health complications. At the same time, rising temperatures are making decisions about whether and when to have children even more uncertain.

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