Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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U.S. Taxpayers Subsidizing World's Biggest Fossil Fuel Companies
A Guardian investigation of three specific projects run by Shell, ExxonMobil and Marathon Petroleum reveals that the subsidies were all granted by politicians who received significant campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry.
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London School of Tropical Medicine Divests From Coal
The institution became the first health research organization in the world to sell off investments in coal companies from its £16 million endowment.
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Tensions Flare Over Controversial Fracking Bill In Germany
The newly proposed law takes a middle-of-the-road approach to the polarizing issue – imposing strict rules on fracking while failing to outlaw the gas drilling process outright.
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California Leads New Community Energy Model Speeding U.S. Move To Renewables
Sewage and solar power may be odd bedfellows in the race to save the climate. But in Sonoma County, Calif., an experiment is underway to install the nation’s largest floating solar array on wastewater treatment ponds.
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How We Reach Critical Mass With a Climate Movement to Lead the World
The next critical step for the climate movement is gaining mainstream cultural relevance – put plainly, if our movement does not become more inclusive, the goal of transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy will not happen.
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Bank of America Dumps Coal Mining In Sweeping New Policy
The announcement at BofA's annual shareholder meeting to cut off financing for coal extraction projects represents a major shift for one of the largest U.S. banks – long a financier of the dirtiest energy projects.
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What Alberta's shocking election results could mean for the oil sands
As Alberta overthrows its oil-rich conservatives, the world is waiting to see what it will mean for the infamous Oil Sands.
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With Elections A Week Away, Which British Party Can Deliver On Climate Promises?
If the next U.K. government is to take the climate crisis by the horns, rhetoric must be replaced by concrete action – something the majority in Britain have long been awaiting.
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Earth Day Redux: As Climate Talks Belch Hot Air, Activists Put Lives On the Line
Artificial, self-important UN summits could not be further from the frontline of protest, where environmentalists are being killed at an alarming rate.
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Danish Wind Power Shatters Records, But Opposition Still Stands In the Way
Wind power in Denmark has created tens of thousands of jobs, yet it's still facing stiff opposition from corporations and politicians.
