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Rural regions are Ireland’s green energy engine of the future

August 20th, 2018 Farmers in the UK and across continental Europe have been able to avail of opportunities from renewable energy for several years now. Meanwhile,...

2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #33

A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week. Editor's Pick Research Highlight: Climate Model Predicts Faster Warming...

NASA to host media briefing on new ice-monitoring mission

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 22, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Ice, Cloud and land...

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