Environment & Sustainability

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UK launches critical minerals strategy to reduce dependency on China

Standoff between China and EU over supply of chips for car industry underlines value of sector requiring huge financial investment Keir Starmer has announced a critical minerals and rare earths strategy to build resilience against China, which has a stranglehold…

How China Silences Environmental Reporters Beyond Its Borders

Journalists who report on the harms caused by China’s overseas infrastructure buildout in Africa face intimidation, surveillance and police pressure. By Katie Surma Planet China: Tenth in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the…

Anticipation, Then Handwringing, at the UN Climate Talks

Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and climate science reporter Bob Berwyn as they break down the key outcomes of COP30. By Bob Berwyn COP30 has wound down in Belém, Brazil—the U.N. climate change conference marked this…