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Across the world, secretive courts are lowering environmental standards and awarding polluting companies billions of dollars of compensation taken out of the taxpayer’s pocket....

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Climate Scientists Attack Tony Abbott’s ‘Misleading’ Speech to Global Warming Policy Foundation

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Brexit means Green Party has “Everything to Play for”, Conference Told

Brexit could be an opportunity for the UK to create new ambitious laws to restore the environment, the Green Party Conference has been told. At a...

We Looked at 1,154 Climate Science Results and Found No Evidence of ‘Publication Bias’

Despite widespread acceptance of a consensus around the science of climate change, supposedly factual debates about the presence and causes of warming continue. Could...

China Is Showing the World What Renewable Energy Dominance Looks Like, Says New IEA...

The growth of solar energy continues to outpace forecasts and this growth, according to a report published today by the International Energy Agency, “is...

European Parliament: Say No to Fossil Fuel Lobbying at International Climate Talks

The European Parliament has agreed to push to curb the access of fossil fuel lobbyists at international climate negotiations. MEPs today voted for a motion that...

Gove: Climate Policy Must Not Come ‘at the Expense of Economic Growth’

Environment secretary Michael Gove said he is convinced “climate change is a danger” but that efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions must not come...

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