Winning Fiji student to speak at COP23
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Ontario joins Californias market to sell pollution credits
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Armed with wet sacks, India's poorest try to beat extreme heat
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New technique spots warning signs of extreme events
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Rep. Lamar Smith cites fake news in fight against climate science.
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Trade panel: Cheap imports hurt US solar industry.
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Environmental justice means desegregating the environmental movement.
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Category 5 hurricanes have hit 6 land areas dead-on in 2017, more than ever...
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Facing months in the dark, ordinary life in Puerto Rico is “beyond reach.”
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An Arctic adventure, a melting world .
In 2013 four adventurers set out on an 80-day rowboat mission through the Arctic’s rapidly melting Northwest Passage. Their journey brought them face to...
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