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First Six Months of 2017 Marked By Wildfires and 'Extremely Remarkable' Warmth

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Leading climate scientist Michael Mann sees a clear link between climate change and the devastating wildfires of 2017.

July 24, 2017
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Food Safety and Environmental Organizations Call on EPA to Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides

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WASHINGTON - A coalition of food safety and environmental groups will deliver hundreds of thousands of public comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday, urging the agency to ban…

July 21, 2017
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Big Oil Overturns Portland's Landmark Fossil Fuel Ban

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Portland's first-of-its-kind zoning ordinance, which banned new fossil fuel projects within city limits and prevented existing facilities from expanding, was overturned under pressure from the Western States Petroleum Association.

July 21, 2017
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Saying Goodbye to Glaciers': The Impact of Glacier Retreat

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About half of the glaciers in Switzerland are expected to disappear in the next 25 years, and about 70% of the ice volume in Canada and in the Canadian Rockies…

July 21, 2017
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All hell breaks loose as the tundra thaws

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A recent heatwave in Siberia’s frozen wastes has resulted in outbreaks of deadly anthrax and a series of violent explosions

July 21, 2017
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China Is Stepping up Efforts to Eliminate Coal Usage

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Beijing's municipal development and reform commission has announced that the city's plains will be almost entirely coal-free by 2020. It's the latest move in China's aggressive war against pollution in…