Can the United States afford another hurricane?
The 2017 North Atlantic hurricane season still has about five weeks to go, but it’s already one of the most expensive on record.
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Former weather bureau chief says agency debilitated by climate deniers' attacks.
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Rob Vertessy says attacks such as the claim the bureau was ‘fabricating temperature records’ are dangerous and wrong
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Human frontiers: How much heat can the body and mind take?
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LONDON, Sept 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - What Christian...
Climate deniers want to protect the status quo that made them rich.
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Sceptics prefer to reject regulations to combat global warming and remain indifferent to the havoc it will wreak on future generations
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Turnbull rejects efforts to ‘dumb down’ energy debate into renewables v coal.
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A day after Tony Abbott’s call for coal to be prioritised, the prime minister says the debate has seen too much ideology and ‘not...
Pipeline 'man camps' loom over British Columbia's Highway of Tears.
Nak'azdli Whut'en First Nation is nestled on the banks of Stuart Lake in north-central British Columbia, surrounded by rolling foothills and tall trees.
It is...
Hurricane Maria passed, but for two women in Puerto Rico, the terror was only...
By Samantha Schmidt, Sandhya Somashekhar and Katie Zezima,
LEVITTOWN, PUERTO RICO — The winds had eased, the debris was no longer soaring through the air,...
Harvey – and storms to come – raise worries about dam safety.
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Floodwaters inundate a petrochemical plant in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey on Wednesday, Aug....
Charities in new climate change challenge to Scottish government
Campaigners have challenged the Scottish government to go further and faster to tackle climate change. A coalition of charities wants ministers to strengthen the...
Climate change requires most urgent mitigation measures, African leaders tell UN Assembly
21 September 2017 – Citing the spate of recent devastating hurricanes, African leaders – from small island States to larger landlocked countries – mounted...
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