Al Gore likens climate movement to suffrage and abolition of slavery
Former US vice president Al Gore compared climate change to historic “moral causes” such as abolishing slavery, universal suffrage, anti-apartheid, civil, and gay rights.It was “clearly...
Rhode Island grassroots gas plant fight takes on national significance
At 8am on a sunny Sunday in June, around 40 people are gathered at a beachside carpark in Charlestown, in the US state of...
Australia: new climate policy, same old politics
Australia has reached another pivotal moment in its fractious and now decade-long political war over climate and energy policy.Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is under...
Climate Weekly: A positive instalment
It’s not often we can look back through the week and see that the balance of climate news we’ve published has been positive.But antidotes to the...
Does Pedro Cordeiro, one of the biggest crooks in the Amazon, even exist?
According to the Brazilian authorities, Pedro Cordeiro is a big time and repeated environmental offender – if he actually exists.In April 2017, environmental agents...
‘Bad-ass business women’ bring solar empowerment to Nepal
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Sweden passes climate law to become carbon neutral by 2045
Sweden has committed to becoming a net-zero carbon emitter by 2045, under a law passed in parliament on Thursday.Lawmakers voted 254 to 41 in favour...
US cities and states back Paris deal but ignore climate finance
A wave of anti-Trump, pro-climate enthusiasm has washed across the US since president Donald Trump decided to abandon the Paris climate agreement.Affirmations of the Paris goals have...
Seattle pledges support for climate fund barred by Trump
Council resolution goes beyond backing emissions reductions, recognising the need to honour the financial commitments made by the US
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FOUR! Trump’s Paris speech was an awful mishit
In golf, a shank is a particularly awful mishit. And US president Donald Trump hit an astounding one this month when he announced his...
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