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  • The Shell Vito offshore oil platform docked at Kiewit Offshore Services while under construction onshore in Ingleside, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Through a joint venture between Shell Plc and Equinox the floating platform project is a lower cost developmental approach that is a very competitive and attractive opportunity industry-wide. Photographer: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEnvironment

    Governments pledged to end fossil fuel subsidies. Instead, they’ve doubled down since 2020, hitting record $1.3 trillion

    By Bloomberg and Leslie Kaufman
  • Polar bearEnvironment

    A group of polar bears in Greenland adjust their hunting practices to adapt to climate change

    By Leslie Kaufman and Bloomberg
  • SHARI, JAPAN – FEBRUARY 24: People pose for a photograph on drift ice covering the Sea of Okhotsk on February 24, 2022 in Shari, Japan. The temperature of the Sea of Okhotsk is believed to have increased by around two degrees over the last fifty years reducing the amount of drift ice by thirty percent in roughly the same period. The ice forms in Russias Amur River in mid-winter then drifts down through the Sea of Okhotsk to reach Hokkaido before disappearing again usually in March. The drift ice brings with it nutrients including plankton which boost fish stocks in the area. As the ice decreases it is expected that sea-life will be affected too. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)Environment

    Bombshell climate report warns window to secure a livable future is closing

    By Eric Roston, Leslie Kaufman, and others
  • Steam rises from the Miller coal Power Plant in Adamsville, Alabama on April 11, 2021. – The James H. Miller Jr. site faces no immediate shutdown threat and has the backing of many locals because of the jobs it offers — despite sending about as much planet warming carbon dioxide into the sky last year as 3.7 million cars. The plant highlights a key problem in counteracting climate change — even for people who have accepted it is happening, the threat can be overshadowed by pressing daily needs like paying bills. That ongoing battle will bring together world leaders this week in Washington as President Joe Biden works to revitalize a global effort left in chaos by his predecessor Donald Trump. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)Environment

    New study highlights how air pollution disproportionately affects people of color

    By Leslie Kaufman and Bloomberg
  • Residents make their way on a boat along a flooded street caused by heavy rain in Bandung on December 25, 2020. (Photo by Timur Matahari / AFP) (Photo by TIMUR MATAHARI/AFP via Getty Images)Environment

    The climate crisis led to record insurance payouts in 2020

    By Leslie Kaufman and Bloomberg