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The conservative carbon tax: Right idea, wrong tool.

March 13, 2017 — Recently some U.S. conservative leaders proposed a carbon tax to hedge the risks associated with climate change. We welcome these...

Only Sweden, Germany and France among EU are pursuing Paris climate goals, says study.

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump's move to roll back Obama-era regulations aimed at curbing climate change comes as the coal industry is...

Kofi Annan: lutter contre le changement climatique, même sans les Etats-Unis

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Poor outlook for biodiversity in Antarctica

The popular view that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are in a much better environmental shape than the rest of the world has been...

Conservative civil war brews over climate policies.

U.S. EPA boss Scott Pruitt is under fire from some conservatives who think he's playing it safe. Photo courtesy of @EPAScottPruitt via Twitter. Infighting over...

Oil placed under Lake Oahe after Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s religious appeal denied.

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