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Ireland’s ammonia emissions continue to surge, exceeding EU limits, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said.  A new report published by the EPA has revealed that the...

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Even though Skeptical Science's "lingua franca" is English we do have a lot of content translated into more than 20 languages and anybody can get...

Restoring Science, Protecting the Public: 43 Steps for the Next Presidential Term

A guest repost by the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund (CSLDF). Fundraising is not the objective of this article but readers may wish to know that CSLDF...

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The buying up of tropical forest by private companies and foreign governments enhances deforestation in the majority of cases, new data confirms. Palm oil, wood...

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