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EPA considering rollback of key climate change tools that regulate greenhouse-gas emissions: report
ABC7 News - California
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July 24, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Environmental Protection Agency is reportedly considering a major rollback of one of its cornerstone climate change findings - one that has allowed the federal government to limit pollution from greenhouse gases for more...
ICJ Advisory Opinion On Climate Change
Scoop
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Today, the world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice, released its landmark advisory opinion clarifying States’ legal obligations in relation to climate change. “The Advisory Opinion is incredibly significant. It is a defining...
Conrad warns against impacts of climate change
The Shillong Times
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July 23, 2025
SHILLONG, July 23: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday sounded alarm bells over the worsening impacts of climate change in Meghalaya, pointing to a marked deficiency in rainfall even in traditionally rain-rich areas such as Sohra and...
World court makes historic climate change decision
6PR
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July 24, 2025
Legal consequences for countries breaching climate change obligations have been set by a landmark decision from the world’s highest court the International Court of Justice. Click PLAY to hear about the legislation. Explaining the potential...
U.N.'s top court says countries must address climate change or face legal action
CBS News
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July 23, 2025
The United Nations' highest court said countries across the U.S. must address the "urgent and existential threat" of climate change, or potentially face legal repercussions. Carly Phillips, a research scientist with the Science Hub for Climate...
world Top UN court says treaties compel wealthy nations to curb global warming
Asiaone
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July 24, 2025
THE HAGUE — The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday (July 23) told wealthy countries they must comply with their international commitments to curb pollution or risk having to pay compensation to nations hard hit by climate change. In an...
World Court says climate change is an ‘existential threat’
The Nation
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July 24, 2025
The Hague - The world’s highest court on Wednesday declared that states are obligated under international law to tackle climate change and warned that failing to do so could open the door to reparations. In a historic ruling, the International...
Fiji’s Nagigi Community Adapts to Climate Change Challenges
Times News Global
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July 24, 2025
NAGIGI, FIJI — In the village of Nagigi, the ocean is not just a resource, it is a part of the community’s identity. Recently, however, villagers have witnessed alarming changes in their marine environment. Rising tides are encroaching on land,...
India News | Watermelon Cultivation on Rise in Meghalaya as Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
Latestly
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July 24, 2025
Mynriang (Meghalaya), Jul 24 (PTI) Farmers in Mynriang village in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district are increasingly turning to watermelon cultivation alongside traditional broom grass as part of their adaptation to shifting rainfall patterns...
UN says countries can sue each other for climate change damages
Channel 4 News
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July 23, 2025
The UN’s top court says countries that fail to protect the planet from climate change could be in violation of international law. In a landmark opinion – made at the request of the tiny island nation of Vanuatu – the International Court of Justice...
ICJ says countries have obligations to take steps on climate change
NHK
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The International Court of Justice says countries have obligations under international law to take measures against climate change, including curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The ICJ issued its advisory opinion on the obligations of states in...
Treaties compel wealthy nations to curb global warming: ICJ
Business Recorder
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July 24, 2025
THE HAGUE: The United Nations’ highest court on Wednesday told wealthy countries they must comply with their international commitments to curb pollution or risk having to pay compensation to nations hard hit by climate change. In an opinion hailed...
'Wrongful act': World's highest court issues ruling on climate obligations
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 23, 2025
The world's highest court has declared states have a legal obligation to tackle climate change and that failing to do so is a "wrongful act" that could open the door to reparations. Advocates for stronger action to curb carbon emissions have...
Adriano Espaillat addresses climate change funding and immigration policy on social media
NYC Gazette - New York
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July 23, 2025
Adriano Espaillat, U.S. Congressman representing New York’s 13th district since 2017, addressed climate change and immigration policy in a series of tweets posted on July 23, 2025.On the subject of climate change, Espaillat stated: "Climate change...
‘Landmark Moment For Climate Justice’: Reactions Pour in After ICJ Delivers Historic Opinion on States’ Climate Change Obligations
Earth.Org
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July 24, 2025
Grounded in binding international law, the ICJ advisory opinion is set to spark a chain reaction that accelerates climate litigation on a global scale. — The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations,...
The Cook Islands is waging a war against crown-of-thorns starfish, a coral-munching species eating through tropical reefs already weakened by climate change
Barron News Shield - Wisconsin
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Barron, WI (54812) Today Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm this evening, then some lingering showers still possible overnight. Low 66F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 100%.. Tonight Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm...
Countries ‘must address climate change’
Gulf Daily News Online
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The United Nations’ highest court yesterday said countries must address the “urgent and existential threat” of climate change by co-operating to curb emissions, as it delivered an opinion set to determine future environmental litigation. The...
For hope on climate change, follow the money, U…
Times West Virginian
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NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly a decade, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been using science to warn about evermore dangerous climate change in increasingly urgent tones. Now he's enlisting something seemingly more important to...
Ancient climate change forced community to abandon an Abu Dhabi island site
The National News
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Excavations on an Abu Dhabi island have revealed that Neolithic people were forced to abandon a cluster of stone buildings when the environment turned arid more than 8,000 years ago – only for the site to be reoccupied centuries later to support...
Top UN court says treaties compel wealthy nations to curb global warming
The Weather Network
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July 23, 2025
"I didn't expect it to be this good," Vanuatu's Climate Minister Ralph Regenvanu told reporters after the unanimous opinion by the ICJ, also known as the World Court, was read out. Vishal Prasad, one of the law students that lobbied the government...