Electric cars are not the answer to air pollution, says top UK adviser.
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Prof Frank Kelly says fewer not cleaner vehicles are needed, plus more cycling and walking and better transit systems
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Fossil fuel subsidies are a staggering $5 trillion per year.
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Climate Consensus - the 97%
A new study finds 6.5% of global GDP goes to subsidizing dirty fossil fuels
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Keystone XL: low oil prices, tar sands pullout could kill pipeline plan.
This story has been updated with a judge's order curtailing pipeline opponents' testimony at the Public Service Commission hearing.
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Why the scariest nuclear threat may be coming from inside the White House.
LAYING WASTEThe Hanford nuclear site, in Washington State, which threatens to contaminate the groundwater of the Pacific Northwest.
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Proposed Arctic railway would cut through Lapland reindeer habitat.
Indigenous Saami communities are expressing concerns about a proposal to build a railway across northern Norway and Finland, saying that the line would disrupt...
As Trump sings coal’s praises, mine fatalities are on the rise.
Ray Hatfield Jr. was six months into his latest coal job when he was crushed to death in a Kentucky mine.
Hatfield, a 23-year industry...
Ontario government wades into Enbridge Line 5 debate.
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Oil patch demands more water. West Texas fights over a scarce resource.
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Keystone XL foes don’t mention climate in red state pipeline battle.
You won’t hear the C-word coming from Keystone XL foes as they argue against TransCanada Corp.’s push to get the final state approval needed...
Standing Rock lawsuit started a year ago. Here’s where we are now.
On July 27, 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux filed a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers for authorizing the construction of the 1,172-mile Dakota...
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