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Fossil fuels win billions in public money after Paris climate deal, angry campaigners claim.

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Fall armyworm arrives in Africa on the heels of climate change.

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Climate change threatens Midwest infrastructure, report says.

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Nearly three quarters of companies still failing to acknowledge climate-related risks.

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Trump administration: Court can't suspend pipeline decision.

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Eversource, Avangrid artificially constrained gas pipeline capacity for years, report argues.

A new academic analysis argues gas utility subsidiaries of Avangrid and Eversource have artificially constrained gas pipeline capacity in New England for years, driving up...

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