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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...
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...
Here is a selection of photos I shot for DeSmog in 2019, another year when arguably not enough collective action was taken to protect the planet from global warming.  Throughout 2019 the Trump adm...
In over their heads with debt, U.S. shale oil and gas firms are now moving from a boom in fracking to a boom in bankruptcies. This trend of failing finances has the potential for the U.S. public, b...
The oil industry, a staunch opponent of electric vehicles (EVs), received an early Christmas present from the White House as President Trump reportedly intervened to quash an EV tax credit expansio...
Climate activists have found plenty to be angry about at this year’s UN climate talks, which are scheduled to conclude in Madrid tonight. From youth groups to indigenous people, civil society has b...

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onJan 23, 2020 @ 07:34 PST

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...
onJan 16, 2020 @ 06:16 PST

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...
onJan 15, 2020 @ 23:55 PST

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...
onJan 13, 2020 @ 14:30 PST

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...
onJan 10, 2020 @ 17:36 PST

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...
onJan 1, 2020 @ 00:00 PST

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...
onDec 23, 2019 @ 14:23 PST

Here is a selection of photos I shot for DeSmog in 2019, another year when arguably not enough collective action was taken to protect the planet from global warming.  Throughout 2019 the Trump adm...
onDec 20, 2019 @ 08:45 PST

In over their heads with debt, U.S. shale oil and gas firms are now moving from a boom in fracking to a boom in bankruptcies. This trend of failing finances has the potential for the U.S. public, b...
onDec 18, 2019 @ 13:15 PST

The oil industry, a staunch opponent of electric vehicles (EVs), received an early Christmas present from the White House as President Trump reportedly intervened to quash an EV tax credit expansio...
onDec 13, 2019 @ 03:44 PST

Climate activists have found plenty to be angry about at this year’s UN climate talks, which are scheduled to conclude in Madrid tonight. From youth groups to indigenous people, civil society has b...