The American Petroleum Institute together with the nation’s largest oil companies ran a task force to monitor and share climate research between 1979 and 1983, … Oil Industry Knew About Climate Dangers in the 1970sRead more
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Climate Change Has All But Destroyed Great Barrier Reef, Study Confirms
More than 90 percent of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is suffering some level of coral bleaching and will likely never return to its original … Climate Change Has All But Destroyed Great Barrier Reef, Study ConfirmsRead more
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Another Threat to Tuna: Ocean Acidification
More acidic oceans could soon start dissolving tuna fish as they swim, long before they make it to consumers’ plates. This worrying news comes from … Another Threat to Tuna: Ocean AcidificationRead more
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All Major Oil Companies Knew of Climate Change by 1970s
A new investigation by the Pulitzer Prize-winning outlet InsideClimate News suggests that nearly every major U.S. and multinational oil and gas company was aware of … All Major Oil Companies Knew of Climate Change by 1970sRead more
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Earth Sees 11 Record Hot Months in a Row
The past 11 months have been the hottest such months in 135 years of recordkeeping, a streak that has itself set a record and puts … Earth Sees 11 Record Hot Months in a RowRead more
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Smoke & Fumes
This is a story about how the world’s most powerful industry used science, communications, and consumer psychology to shape the public debate over climate change. … Smoke & FumesRead more
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Oil industry knew of ‘serious’ climate concerns more than 45 years ago
The oil industry’s knowledge of dangerous climate change stretches back to the 1960s, with unearthed documents showing that it was warned of “serious worldwide environmental … Oil industry knew of ‘serious’ climate concerns more than 45 years agoRead more
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On CA Attorney General’s Exxon Investigation
In response to the reports that California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris is launching an investigation of Exxon Mobil over their knowledge of climate change … On CA Attorney General’s Exxon InvestigationRead more
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To Help Curb Climate Change, Stop Wasting Food
Reducing food waste around the world would help curb emissions of planet-warming gases, lessening some of the impacts of climate change such as more extreme … To Help Curb Climate Change, Stop Wasting FoodRead more
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Climate Change is Altering How the Poles Drift
The spin of the earth is a constant in our lives. It’s quite literally why night follows day. And while that cycle isn’t going away, … Climate Change is Altering How the Poles DriftRead more