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Corporations Given a Platform to Promote Greenwash 31 Times at the UN Climate Talks
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[REDACTED] Government Hides Details of Minister’s Meeting with Fracking Industry
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Most of the notes about a recent meeting between a minister and the shale gas industry...
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