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Drilling for fossil fuels not worth the costs of climate change.
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Green MP Caroline Lucas criticises attempts by chemicals multinational Ineos to impose a sweeping injunction against anti-fracking campaigners
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There's a shady Puerto Rico contract you didn't hear about.
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Native American professor resigns over disputed lecture series.
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In bizarre twist, coal may become a scarce commodity.
(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)
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