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Cloud formation suppressed by biogenic organic emissions
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Liberals struggling to reverse Harper's cuts to climate science in Canada.
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France plans to end oil and gas production by 2040.
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Mars to spend $1 billion tackling climate change and social problems.
Mars pledges to spend $1 billion on 'Sustainability in a Generation' plan.
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Environmental and health groups gear up to defend Obama EPA’s gas-mileage standards.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed pulling back on fuel-efficiency standards for future model cars and trucks that the Obama administration put in...
Better energy efficiency measures could cut UK costs by £7.5bn.
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