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The Fight to Keep Arctic Oil In the Ground Heats Up In Norway, Part II
“They say they have the best technology in the world. It is false. Maybe they have PhDs, but they do not have real knowledge. They are playing with nature and physics, but do not understand its dangers,” says Annie Henriksen of the oil drillers in the Arctic.
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Warning of "Ecological Armageddon" After Dramatic Plunge in Insect Numbers
The abundance of flying insects has plunged by three-quarters over the past 25 years, according to a new study that has shocked scientists, with profound impacts on human society.
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The Fight To Keep Arctic Oil In the Ground Heats Up In Norway, Part I
Norway, which started drilling for oil in 2013 in the Barents Sea, has recently opened up 93 blocks for exploration licences in the area between Hámmárfeasta, the Svalbard archipelago and Arctic Russia.
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PG&E power lines linked to Wine Country fires
The spotlight has turned to PG&E, the giant San Francisco-based utility, raising questions about how well it maintained its equipment and whether it adequately cut back trees from power lines to reduce fire risk as required by state law.
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Fightback Begins Over Trump's "Illegal and Irresponsible" Clean Power Repeal
New York AG Eric Schneiderman said he'll sue the Trump administration to prevent its “irresponsible and illegal efforts to turn back the clock on public health,” and more than a dozen states stand behind him. So do Apple, Amazon, Google and others.
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Catholic Church to Make Record Divestment From Fossil Fuels
More than 40 Catholic institutions will make the largest ever faith-based divestment, on the anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi.
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Letter from Athens: The Greek Oil Spill Disaster That Should Not Have Been
The oil tanker that sank last week in the gulf of Saronikos had failed to meet safety standards as early as 2008, and according to a maritime workers' union, the ship had been deemed “extremely dangerous to safe navigation.”
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These Corporations Have the Biggest Influence on Climate Policy
The "Corporate Carbon Policy Footprint," a new analysis from InfluenceMap, now ranks Koch Industries as the company with the strongest opposition to the Paris climate agreement
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Climate Change Has ‘Loaded The Dice’ On The Frequency Of 100-Year Floods
Maybe we need a new way to describe extreme weather events.
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Activists Demand Climate Refugees Be Recognized
A 2015 tidal surge caused the sea to flood across the islands of Kiribati, the small Pacific island nation chain of atolls that could be the first national homeland lost completely to climate change.
