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The End of the EPA? Trump Taps Climate Change Denier & Fossil Fuel Ally Scott Pruitt to Head Agency

President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt is seen as a close ally of the fossil fuel…

December 8, 2016
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Warming World: Antarctic Research Reveals the Accuracy of Global Warming Models

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A new study shows that Antarctica warmed by about 11°C during the period immediately following the peak of the last ice age while most of the rest of the planet…

December 8, 2016
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3 Things Trump's EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Has Actually Said About Climate Change

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Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency places people and the environment in the hands of a man who cares about neither.

December 8, 2016
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Exxon’s CEO is meeting with Trump today.

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Today Rex Tillerson — CEO of ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil company, and a top funder of attacks on science and climate action — is going to Trump Tower for…

December 7, 2016
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Noam Chomsky: Trump's Climate Change Denialism Will Accelerate Global Race to Destruction

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On Monday night at Riverside Church, world-renowned linguist and political dissident Noam Chomsky spoke at Democracy Now!'s 20th anniversary celebration in New York City. He spoke in front of a…

December 6, 2016
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Illegal Logging Is Depleting the Amazon Rainforest 29% Faster Than Last Year

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From August 2015 to June 2016, 7,989 square kilometers (3,085 square miles) of the Amazon Rainforest have been destroyed, a 29 percent increase from last year. Deforestation threatens more than…