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Greenland Hits Record 75°F, Sets Melt Record As Globe Aims At Hottest Year

Greenland has been shockingly warm this spring. That's not good news in a country covered with enough ice to raise sea levels more than 20 feet.

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What New Peruvian President’s Environmental Plan Lacks

The 77-year-old Kuczynski was a former economist for the World Bank and worked on Wall Street, with particular expertise in the mining and extraction industries.

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The Australian Government Just Stepped Up Its Plan To Save The Great Barrier Reef

Climate change has been battering the Great Barrier Reef, and Australia's prime minister just announced increased action.

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Climate Change Activists Should Be Nervous About Brexit

"If you took Britain out of the EU there’s nobody who would really replace the role Britain has played in driving up ambition and the European climate targets."

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Wall Street Journal Runs Ad Trashing WSJ’s Climate Science Denial

Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal is about as anti-science as newspapers come but they aren’t anti-money. So, for a few extra Hamiltons, the climate science deniers at the WSJ are running an ad calling them out for their denial.

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Duke Energy In Trouble Over Coal Ash Yet Again

Duke Energy has been facing numerous lawsuits in North Carolina over its handling of coal ash. Now they are facing a new one in federal court.

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GOP ‘Conservationist’ Running For Senate Has Ties To Companies That Pollute The Environment

Senate candidate Jon Keyser says he is a conservationist. His work as a Colorado corporate lawyer and his campaign documents suggest otherwise.

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Coal And Gas To Begin ‘Terminal Decline’ In Less Than A Decade, Bloomberg Says

A new Bloomberg New Energy Finance study concludes that “coal and gas will begin their terminal decline in less than a decade.” Renewables, on the other hand, are on the rise.

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Congress Wades Deeper Into The Battle Over Whether Exxon Knew

Seventeen attorneys general are part of the ongoing Exxon investigation.

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How Hamilton Warned In The Federalist Papers Against Donald Trump

Donald Trump is the demagogue that Alexander Hamilton and the other Founding Fathers warned us about.

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