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Coral Bleaching Is a $9 Trillion Problem

A new report forecasts a future where reefs go over a “tipping point.”

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Al Gore Said Something Funny at COP28

The former U.S. Vice President invoked Dickens in an interview with Bloomberg.

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America’s First Major Offshore Wind Farm Is Now Online

The South Fork Wind project off the coast of Long Island just delivered the U.S.'s first utility-scale offshore wind power.

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Detroit Is About to Test the Bejeezus Out of Wireless EV Charging

The dream of charging your car as you drive faces the reality of a Michigan winter.

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Venezuela Essentially Approves a Petrowar

The country votes to annex their oil-rich neighbor, Guyana.

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Under pressure from the U.S. to hold a free and fair election, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro upped the ante.On Sunday, the nation went to the polls — to vote to invade its neighbor and the world’s newest petrostate, Guyana.

Approval was seemingly swift and suspiciously overwhelming. According to the Venezuelan National Electoral Council, the ballot’s five-question referendum — which culminated in asking if Caracas should incorporate Guyana’s Essequibo region “into the map of Venezuelan territory” — passed by a margin of 95%.

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A Hilariously Sad Chart of COP28 Climate Pledges

See if you can identify the biggest scrooge here.

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Early on Thursday, the first day of the UN Climate Conference in Dubai, world leaders secured an agreement for a fund that will help vulnerable nations deal with the impacts of climate change. My colleague Charu has written about the fund in more detail, but I was curious about one thing: How do these pledges compare to each country’s GDP? The answer is hilariously stark — I originally tried making a chart of these pledges as a fraction of GDP, but they simply didn’t show up on the axes.

Chart of pledges vs GDP.

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