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With government in retreat, companies step up on emissions.
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China, India become climate leaders as West falters.
Less than two years after world leaders signed off on a historic United Nations climate treaty in Paris in late 2015, and following three...
Adani coalmine at heightened risk of becoming a stranded asset, report says.
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