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By Megan Darby, Climate Home News The UK government has excluded climate change from a proposed post-Brexit green watchdog, raising concerns about enforcement of climate laws when the country leaves...

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Read time: 10 minsThe UK has recently committed to breaking even on the greenhouse gas emissions generated by its economy. This means that for...

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Climate Science Deniers Respond to IPCC 1.5C Report with Anger, Fear, and Distortion

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Sanders Says Senate Bill ‘Nowhere Near’ Enough as Dems, GOP Tank His Amendments

By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. After his amendments to expand Medicare and strip out giveaways to...

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What the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Europe Means for Climate Science Denial

Read time: 11 minsAcross Europe, right-wing populist parties are picking up votes. In some countries, once-fringe parties have gained enough support to propel them...

Part 2: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

By Paul D. Thacker By the late 1970s, the petroleum industry had spent about two decades collecting information from their own scientists and outside experts...

Judge Deals Latest Blow to Big Oil in DC Climate Fraud Case

In recent years, communities across the United States increasingly have turned to the courts to hold oil and gas companies accountable for alleged fraud...

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