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A future climate disaster, or “green swan” event, could bring down the global financial system, according to a new report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), an international financi...
Last May, Ireland was among the first countries in the world to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency. In September, over 20,000 students took to the streets of Dublin demanding urgent clima...
By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. A new report released Tuesday by Oil Change International and Greenpeace USA found that reinstating the...
This is a guest post by ClimateDenierRoundup. Earlier this month we discussed how during Australia’s devastating fires, conservatives tried to claim that it was green party forest management polic...
By Alex Kirby for Climate News Network The fevered arguments about how the world can reach the Paris climate goals on cutting the greenhouse gases which are driving global heating may be a waste o...
With MP nominations now closed for the Labour leadership contest, the race is on for the five chosen candidates to win enough support from local parties, unions and other affiliated “socialist soci...
A new coal mine proposed along the Cumbrian coast is “unnecessary” and would hinder efforts to tackle climate change, according to a new report.  Woodhouse Colliery received planning permission to...
This is a guest post by ClimateDenierRoundup. Two new studies on denial came out last week. While they’re not exactly breaking new ground, confirmation is always nice. The first is a literature r...
Industry groups including oil and gas trade associations were quick to pile on the praise following President Trump’s announcement Thursday, January 9 of major overhauls to the National Environment...
Well, wasn’t 2019 another wild ride? The UK had two governments, three (or is it four?) tries at getting Brexit formally started, and made one major new climate commitment. So what’s in store for 2...

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A future climate disaster, or “green swan” event, could bring down the global financial system, according to a new report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), an international financi...
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Last May, Ireland was among the first countries in the world to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency. In September, over 20,000 students took to the streets of Dublin demanding urgent clima...
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By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. A new report released Tuesday by Oil Change International and Greenpeace USA found that reinstating the...
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This is a guest post by ClimateDenierRoundup. Earlier this month we discussed how during Australia’s devastating fires, conservatives tried to claim that it was green party forest management polic...
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By Alex Kirby for Climate News Network The fevered arguments about how the world can reach the Paris climate goals on cutting the greenhouse gases which are driving global heating may be a waste o...
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With MP nominations now closed for the Labour leadership contest, the race is on for the five chosen candidates to win enough support from local parties, unions and other affiliated “socialist soci...
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A new coal mine proposed along the Cumbrian coast is “unnecessary” and would hinder efforts to tackle climate change, according to a new report.  Woodhouse Colliery received planning permission to...
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This is a guest post by ClimateDenierRoundup. Two new studies on denial came out last week. While they’re not exactly breaking new ground, confirmation is always nice. The first is a literature r...
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Industry groups including oil and gas trade associations were quick to pile on the praise following President Trump’s announcement Thursday, January 9 of major overhauls to the National Environment...
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Well, wasn’t 2019 another wild ride? The UK had two governments, three (or is it four?) tries at getting Brexit formally started, and made one major new climate commitment. So what’s in store for 2...