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He also criticized the Mexico City agreement, a federal policy that bars foreign aid to any organization that performs or actively promotes abortion as a method of family planning. Because many groups that provide birth control and other services also perform…

He also criticized the Mexico City agreement, a federal policy that bars foreign aid to any organization that performs or actively promotes abortion as a method of family planning. Because many groups that provide birth control and other services also perform…

Flying low along a mountain ridge in central Argentina, Clayton Eveland slaloms right and left, steering the plane through one cloud after another, each one turning the cockpit windshield briefly white. Reaching the end of the range, he wheels around and take…

The DNC killed the climate debate. But on Wednesday night 10 Democratic presidential hopefuls will still have the chance to show their climate savvy in a less-heated environment. Each candidate will take the stage, one by one, during CNN's 7-hour climate cris…

Colleagues said that Professor Weitzman had been despondent after he did not win the Nobel, and that his mental state worsened in the spring, when, for the first time in his career, a fellow economist pointed out a mistake in a completed but unpublished paper…

Mr. Castros plan, also released Tuesday, includes several ideas either directly adopted from or developed in consultation with Mr. Inslee, such as a plan to replace all coal-fired power generation with zero-emissions sources by 2030, and a proposal to marshal…

Irish officials said this weekend that the country will plant around 22 million new trees across the country each year until 2040, hoping to one day have at least 440 million in the ground to help combat the worst effects of climate change. The ambitious tar…

As raging fires rip through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is keeping focus on a diplomatic tit-for-tat with French President Emmanuel Macron, now vowing to stop using Bic pens. Bolsonaro said Friday he was dumping the French brand in favor o…

Mikhail Matz loves corals. As a biology professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Matz is well aware of the many threats corals face: global warming, pollution, ocean acidification, you name it. But when it comes to the danger posed by sunscreen chemica…

OXFORD, U.K. (Project Syndicate) Some of the most influential players in the global economy are spearheading the shift toward a clean, green, emissions-free world, even while key governments stand idle. Financial giants from Europe, China, Japan, the United…