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Climate change affecting stability across West Africa and Sahel: UN security council
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Is warming in the Arctic behind this year's crazy winter weather?
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UN makes open call for ideas on fighting climate change
Researchers, campaigners, business leaders and members of the public have an unprecedented chance to influence UN climate talks in 2018.
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Shell named as one of eight companies on EPA’s latest worst polluters list
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Peru ends era of ‘roadless wilderness’ in its Amazon rainforests
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Landmark climate case against the Irish State pushed back to February
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A landmark legal challenge brought against the Irish Government for alleged inaction to tackle climate change has been pushed back for a...
Emails Reveal Pruitt Was Closely Involved in Scrubbing EPA Climate Websites
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