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NASA Shows How Carbon Emissions Travel Around The World

NASA scientists have brought to life the invisible carbon emissions floating around the atmosphere in a vivid, swirling simulation.The “Year in The Life of Earth’s CO2” computer model is the first to...

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Leading UK Sceptic Group Promotes Koch-Funded Canadian Climate Denier

Canadian climate denier Ross McKitrick has officially taken over as chairman of the academic advisory council of Lord Lawson’s controversial climate denying charity, the Global Warming Policy...

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Here’s How Canada Could Have 100% Renewable Electricity by 2035

Canada could become 100 per cent reliant on low-carbon electricity in just 20 years and reduce its emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, a new study shows.The report calls for bold policies to be adopted...

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Cheap Oil Could Mean $30M For Nunavut's Clean Energy Future

What would you do with an extra $30 million dollars? That's the question currently facing the Government of Nunavut.The recent drop in oil price means that the Arctic territory is set to save up to $32...

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Wildfires Rage Near Oilsands Operations, Raising Climate Questions

Forest fires covering 8,200 hectares of land in northern Alberta continue to burn out of control, spurred on by extremely dry conditions and unseasonably warm temperatures. The fires have forced the...

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10 Things We Learnt From Reddit About Understanding Climate Change

Two professors of cognitive psychology – Stephan Lewandowsky, from the University of Bristol, and Klaus Oberauer, from the University of Zurich – did a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) this week.The topic...

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Seismic Testing for Oil Reserves a Threat to Arctic Marine Life, Study Warns

Seismic airguns are being fired underwater off the east coast of Greenland to find new oil reserves in the Arctic Ocean. But this activity “could seriously injure” whales and other marine life, warns a...

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Interview: Emily Hunter on the Modern Green Movement and How To Change The World

How did the green movement start and where is it headed? DeSmog UK previewed the new documentary How To Change The World, which depicts a group of idealistic hippies ready to take on the world. In this...

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Climate Experts Urge Dutch Government Not to Appeal Historic Court Ruling to...

Leading climate scientists, lawyers, doctors and scholars from around the world are calling on the Dutch Government to reconsider its plans to appeal the historic Urgenda judgement by a Dutch Court...

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Tackle Climate Change Now or Risk 720 Million People Sliding Back Into...

An astonishing 720 million people around the world face falling back into extreme poverty unless we tackle climate change immediately, warns a new report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).The...

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Climate Justice Movement Highlights Women as 'Key' to Climate Solutions

Women from around the world are mobilising today to call for action on climate change as international leaders meet in New York at the United Nations General Assembly.“There is no climate justice...

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Meet the Climate Scientists Travelling by Bike and Foot from the Poles to Paris

Two twenty-something climate scientists are currently running and cycling their way from the Antarctic and Arctic all the way to Paris.Travelling a combined distance of 20,000 kilometres, the two...

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First Days at Paris Climate Talks: Riots, Selfies and a Whole Lot of Expectation

A lot of people today have been asking whether the ‘French gamble’ paid off. Did having over 150 heads of state in Paris for the first day of COP21 set the bar for ambitious, meaningful and successful...

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Are the COP21 Corporate Sponsors as Green as They Say They Are?

Some corporate sponsors of the COP21 Paris climate talks are failing to properly report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions a new report reveals.The Paris climate conference is sponsored by over 60...

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Meet The Paris Climate Summit's ‘Big Energy’ Sponsor Engie

BYKYLAMANDELANDBRENDANMONTAGUEINPARISFrench energy giant Engie is perhaps the most prominent and most promoted corporate sponsor of the COP21 climate talks in Paris.Engie, formerly known as GDF Suez,...

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Is Saudi Arabia The Big Bad Wolf Of The Paris Climate Talks?

BYKYLAMANDELANDBRENDANMONTAGUEINPARISOil rich Saudi Arabia is leading a campaign to sabotage attempts by countries on the front line of climate change to include an ambitous 1.5C target for global...

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Heartland Institute Kicks Journalists Out of 'Public' Climate Denial Event in...

Accredited journalists were kicked out of a sparsely attended climate denial conference hosted by the US oil-and tobacco-funded Heartland Institute today in Paris.Heartland's ‘Day of Examining the...

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Why is Loss and Damage a Big Deal at the Paris Climate Talks?

The issue of loss and damage has emerged as one of the top issues for negotiators at the Paris climate talks.Swedish and Bolivian ministers have been leading the discussions on loss and damage, trying...

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Paris Climate Talks to Fossil Fuel Investors: ‘Get Out Now’

The end of the fossil fuel era is being signalled loud and clear here at the Paris climate conference as ministers enter the final hours of negotiations.It's crunch time and everyone is saying the...

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Historic Paris Climate Deal ‘Major Leap for Mankind’

BYKYLAMANDELANDBRENDANMONTAGUEINPARISAn historic deal to limit global warming to “well below 2C” and to make every effort to keep temperate increase to 1.5C will be agreed by 195 nations today in...

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Over 60 Groups Call for the Fossil Fuel Industry to Pay for their Climate Damage

More than 60 organisations from around the world are calling for a carbon levy on fossil fuel extraction to help pay for the climate change impacts on the most vulnerable countries.The Carbon Levy...

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Canada’s Oil Exports Up 65 Per Cent Over Last Decade

Canada’s oil exports increased by 65 per cent in 10 years under former Prime Minster Stephen Harper’s leadership according to analysis of the most recent figures issued by BP’s annual Statistical...

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More Money Invested in Renewable Energy in 2015 Than New Fossil Fuel Projects

A record US$367 billion was invested in renewable energy in 2015, according to a new report out today by the Clean Energy Canada initiative of the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University....

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Climate Science Denier Patrick Moore Paid by Coal Lobbyists EURACOAL To Speak...

Europe's coal lobby association EURACOAL paid for climate science denier Patrick Moore to speak to members of the European Parliament (MEP) and EU officials at an intimate dinner-debate last month,...

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Nearly $1 Trillion Wasted Globally on Unnecessary New Coal Plants

Nearly $1 trillion (£700bn) is being invested in new coal-fired power plants worldwide despite the fact that the demand for electricity generated from coal has declined for two years in a row, shows a...

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$2.5 Trillion Worth of Global Financial Assets at Risk From Climate Change...

An average $2.5 trillion (£1.76trn) of the world’s financial assets would be at risk from climate change impacts if global temperatures are left to increase by 2.5°C by 2100, warns a new study by the...

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