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us/#ClimateMotivations: What Are Yours?
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There are many reasons to stand up for truth; to rally against misinformation; to make your voice heard. At DeSmog, we have several. However, one of our primary drivers is holding government accou...
us/Top Tweets from #WebofDenial Speech Blitz in U.S. Senate
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On Monday and Tuesday this week, climate change denial is facing intense scrutiny as U.S. Senators take to the floor to speak out against the network of industry-funded climate denial organizations...
us/China Will Close 1,000 Coal Mines As Industry Continues to Sputter
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China has announced plans to close more than 1,000 coal mines in 2016, cutting production by 60 million tonnes. The move is part of a larger mandate to eliminate as much as 500 million tonnes of su...
us/Gary Braasch Photos: The Shrinking of India's Precious Gangotri Glacier
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Photography is a key tool used by scientists to monitor and analyze the physical effects of climate change on the planet.  More than that, images are an essential tool for informing the public of w...
us/Just 2% of Canadians Deny Climate Change Occurring, Poll Finds
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Originally published on EnergyBoom.com A recent survey conducted by Insightrix Research, Inc. has found that only 2% of Canadians believe climate change is not taking place. The online poll, commis...
us/Scientists Storm Ottawa After Harper Government Cuts Environmental Protections and Research Again
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Canadian scientists are taking to the streets in protest of the Harper government's latest cuts to scientific research and its increasingly backward environmental policies. Over the last several we...
us/BC Premier Clark Redefines Natural Gas as "Clean Energy" to Serve Political Interests
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Christy Clark, the premier of British Columbia, has joined the ranks of public officials the world over, which have clouded the definition of “clean energy” by using the term to seve their own inte...
us/Fracking: Ohio Establishes Tough Regulations After Disposal Wells Cause 12 Earthquakes
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State officials have determined that at least 12 earthquakes that occurred in Ohio last December were caused by the injection of brine into hydraulic fracturing disposal wells.  As a result of its ...
us/Salt Lake City Oil Spill: Chevron Pipeline Leaks Thousands of Gallons for Second Time in Six Months
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After a Chevron oil pipe has leaked crude oil near the Red Butte Creek in Salt Lake City, Utah for the second time in six months, city and state officials are calling for the oil company to shut ...
us/COP16 Climate Talks: U.S. Position May See it Leave Cancun Early
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It has not taken long for the United States’ diplomatic team to establish the country’s hard-nosed negotiating position at the United Nations climate conference in Cancun, Mexico (COP16).  The na...
us/Monarchy Trumps Democracy: Canadian Prime Minister Harper's Unelected Senate Rejects Passed Climate Bill
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In a move that has generated serious uproar in the Canadian government, the Conservative dominated Senate has defeated a climate change bill that was passed in the House of Commons by holding a sna...
us/God Will Not Allow Global Warming Proclaims Rep. John Shimkus, Seeking Top U.S. Congress Energy Position
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U.S. House Representative John Shimkus (Republican-Illinois), who has opposed cap and trade legislation because he believes God will not allow the earth to be destroyed by global warming, is runnin...