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Deniers Rally Conservatives to Dismiss Climate Science as “Fake News” and Share Breitbart Stories...
The 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), an annual rally of conservative officials and political activists, was set to be a big one —...
UK Banks Continue to Bankroll Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, as Green Party Calls for...
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Risky business: calculating climate change losses in major European coastal cities
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Forest degradation in the tropics
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Asian pollution, heat waves worsen US smog, study shows
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Climate research needs greater focus on human populations
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Government is Trying to Put Itself Above Environmental Law, Green Groups Warn
The UK government hates to be held accountable in court when it breaks environmental laws like those on air quality. So it has created...
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Most strategies to combat climate change concentrate on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by substituting non-carbon energy sources for fossil fuels, but a task force...
How a Big Oil Lobbying Network Makes Billions from Taxpayers as North Sea Wells...
Big Oil companies have made billions from exploiting the North Sea’s oil and gas resources. But as it gets harder to squeeze a profit...
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