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By Jessica Corbett at Common Dreams. Climate campaigners worldwide are celebrating after a Dutch court on Wednesday ordered fossil fuel giant Royal Dutch Shell to...

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Science Museum Head Defends Shell Sponsorship of Climate Change Exhibition

The director of the Science Museum in London has defended Shell’s sponsorship of a climate change exhibition amid growing public calls for the museum...

Oxford University Professor Condemned for ‘Legitimising Lies and Falsehoods’ of Climate Denial Group

Oxford University is facing criticism after the UK’s principal climate science denial group appointed a second professor to its ranks. Emeritus Fellow Professor Peter Dobson...

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