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Breitbart’s James Delingpole Pushing Denial That Great Barrier Reef Is Bleaching — Again

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Brexit Could Cost Consumers as Internal Energy Market Deal Currently ‘Not Realistic’ Say Experts

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BP, Exxon, Shell Get £500 Million Taxpayer Handout Despite Climate Risks of North Sea...

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After 25 Years of Trying, Why Aren’t We Environmentally Sustainable Yet?

By Michael Howes, associate professor in environmental studies, Griffith University. In 1992, more than 170 countries came together at the Rio Earth Summit and agreed to pursue sustainable development, protect...

Peer Repeatedly Asks Why Government Believes in Global Warming, Always Gets Same Answer: Because,...

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