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$700m pledged to loss and damage fund at Cop28 covers less than 0.2% needed 6 December 2023
Money offered so far falls far short of estimated $400bn in losses developing countries face each yearCop28 live – latest updatesWealthy countries most responsible for the climate emergency have so far pledged a combined total of just over $700m (£556m) to the loss and damage fund – the equivalent of less than 0.2% of the […]
Nina Lakhani in Dubai
Mary Robinson reiterates call for rapid phase-out of fossil fuels 6 December 2023
Former Ireland leader issues firm response in row over comments made to her by Cop28 presidentCop28 live – latest updatesMary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, has called for a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels, in a diplomatic but firm response to the row over comments made to her by the Cop28 president, which were […]
Damian Carrington and Fiona Harvey
Sellafield nuclear site workers claim ‘toxic culture’ of bullying, sexual harassment and drugs could put safety at risk 6 December 2023
Exclusive: Multiple sources warn poor working culture heightens risk of accidents, suicide and sabotageUK nuclear police and workers share WhatsApp jokes about paedophilia, racism and homophobiaSellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and ChinaA “toxic culture” of bullying, sexual harassment and drug-taking risks compromising the safety of Europe’s most hazardous nuclear site, multiple […]
Alex Lawson and Anna Isaac

At COP28, a Growing Sense of Alarm Over the Harms of Air Pollution 6 December 2023
In one home video, Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah bops to a choreographed Beyoncé dance. In another, she looks at the camera, and her mom and plants a big kiss on her lips. Then there is a photo of her mid-laugh when she told her mom she could not climb any more steps at a monument. And in […]
By Victoria St. Martin
Texas Court Strikes Down Air Pollution Permit for Gulf Coast Oil Terminal 6 December 2023
For the second time in three weeks, a court struck down an air pollution permit issued by Texas’ environmental regulator. In a one-page ruling posted Tuesday, Travis County District Court Judge Amy Clark Meachum reversed a 2022 decision by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to deny local shrimpers’ request for a permit hearing and […]
By Dylan Baddour
New Mexico Looks to Address Increasing Aridity With Brackish and Produced Water. Experts Are ‘Skeptical’ 6 December 2023
New Mexico will invest $500 million into purchasing water from controversial sources, including treated oilfield wastewater, as a means to bolster the state’s water portfolio. The purchases are the latest in a long-running series of deals dipping into untapped waters to shore up dwindling supplies as climate change and decades of overconsumption drive aridification of […]
By Wyatt Myskow