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Read time: 5 minsFossil fuel air pollution is responsible for roughly one in five deaths worldwide, a much higher death toll than previously thought,...

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Read time: 3 minsThe Mossmorran ethylene plant, operated by Exxon-Mobil and Shell, has been dogged by controversy and safety fears for years. Now an...

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London Heathrow is the second highest-emitting airport in the world, with its passengers contributing as much to climate change as four coal-fired power plants,...

New Orleans Student on Global Climate Strike: ‘I Wouldn’t Be Anywhere Else’

Read time: 8 minsWith contributions from Ashley Braun and Mat Hope. On March 15 droves of students around the world walked out of school to protest...

How Climate Science Deniers Prop-Up the Tory-DUP Alliance Threatening the Good Friday Agreement

It is 20 years to the day since Northern Ireland’s leaders signed the Good Friday Agreement. After decades of conflict, the deal laid out...

Scrap UK’s Net Zero Target, Key Figure in Pro-Truss Think Tank Tells Tory Conference

BIRMINGHAM, UK – A senior figure at a free market think tank close to Prime Minister Liz Truss has called for the UK’s 2050...

Majority of People in Britain Accept Climate Change is ‘Happening Right Now’, Survey Shows

People across the UK agree that climate change is an immediate threat already taking place, a new survey by the European Perceptions of Climate...

Growing Number of Restrictions Placed by Police, Councils on Anti-Fracking Protests

Local councils, police, and companies are increasingly trying to restrict how anti-fracking campaigners can protest shale gas development in Britain. Over the past two months, there...

What the Exxon Tapes Reveal About the American Petroleum Institute’s Lobbying Tactics on Oil...

Senior ExxonMobil lobbyists were recently exposed by undercover reporting from UnEarthed, an investigative journalism project of Greenpeace, which captured footage of the employees explaining...

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