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Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar moved to distance himself from recent claims he made that climate change had potential “benefits” for Ireland, including reduced winter heating costs and cold-rela...
Climate science denial and opposition to climate-friendly policies are widespread among Brexit Party general election candidates, analysis by DeSmog shows. Of prospective parliamentary candidates ...
By Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope This piece is published in partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 380 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story....
By Ruth Hayhurst for Drill or Drop After seven years of promoting fracking, Conservative ministers have withdrawn their support and blocked the prospects of a shale gas industry. The UK governmen...
More than 60 MPs are standing down in the upcoming election. While it’s always sad to bid esteemed colleagues goodbye, some MPs leaving may not be such a bad thing for the UK’s efforts to tackle th...
Today Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) led a hearing of Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, which examined “Dark Money and Barriers to Climate Action.” The testimony of the ...
On October 23, New York Attorney General Letitia James, joined by attorneys general from Maryland, New Jersey, and California, sent a letter of support to the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials ...
Councils across the UK have committed more than £2 million to tackling climate change in response to declarations of a “Climate Emergency”, an investigation by DeSmog can reveal. While many counci...
President Trump has made clear that he wants to move the nation's glut of fracked natural gas onto trains and then to ships for sale abroad. In response to Trump's April executive order pushing fe...
By John R. Platt, The Revelator. Originally posted on The Revelator. William Perry Pendley wants you think that what he thinks doesn’t matter. Pendley spent four decades advocating for the corpor...

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Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar moved to distance himself from recent claims he made that climate change had potential “benefits” for Ireland, including reduced winter heating costs and cold-rela...
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Climate science denial and opposition to climate-friendly policies are widespread among Brexit Party general election candidates, analysis by DeSmog shows. Of prospective parliamentary candidates ...
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By Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope This piece is published in partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 380 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story....
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By Ruth Hayhurst for Drill or Drop After seven years of promoting fracking, Conservative ministers have withdrawn their support and blocked the prospects of a shale gas industry. The UK governmen...
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More than 60 MPs are standing down in the upcoming election. While it’s always sad to bid esteemed colleagues goodbye, some MPs leaving may not be such a bad thing for the UK’s efforts to tackle th...
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Today Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) led a hearing of Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, which examined “Dark Money and Barriers to Climate Action.” The testimony of the ...
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On October 23, New York Attorney General Letitia James, joined by attorneys general from Maryland, New Jersey, and California, sent a letter of support to the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials ...
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Councils across the UK have committed more than £2 million to tackling climate change in response to declarations of a “Climate Emergency”, an investigation by DeSmog can reveal. While many counci...
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President Trump has made clear that he wants to move the nation's glut of fracked natural gas onto trains and then to ships for sale abroad. In response to Trump's April executive order pushing fe...
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By John R. Platt, The Revelator. Originally posted on The Revelator. William Perry Pendley wants you think that what he thinks doesn’t matter. Pendley spent four decades advocating for the corpor...