Europe’s highest court to examine legality of CETA’s controversial investment court system

September 7th, 2017 The legality of the controversial investment court system in the EU-Canada free trade deal is set to be scrutinised by Europe’s highest...

Impact of climate change ‘locked in’ for decades – National Risk Assessment 2017

September 6th, 2017 The diverse and wide-ranging impacts of climate change on Ireland’s environment, society, economic and natural resources are “locked-in” for decades to come,...

I was an Exxon-funded climate scientist

Posted on 7 September 2017 by Guest Author Katharine Hayhoe, Professor and Director, Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University.  This article was originally published on The...

Wildfire smoke crosses U.S. on the jet stream

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Climate change could drive a third of parasites to extinction by 2070

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Norway election could be a turning point for Arctic oil

Norway has a general election on Monday. The future of its oil industry has become – to the surprise of the three largest parties – one of...

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