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Policy & Planning

Even BP recognises that reduced coal use is slashing emissions
BP data shows impact of reduced coal use in emissions, including China. Australia, however, joins smaller emerging economies in lifting emissions.
Lauri Myllyvirta and Sandler Clarke

Jun 15, 2017

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Policy & Planning

The 3-minute story of 800,000 years of climate change, with a sting in the tail
A short video to put recent climate change and carbon dioxide emissions into the context of the past 800,000 years.
Ben Henley & Nerilie Abram

Jun 13, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Carbon dioxide set an all-time monthly high in May
It’s official: carbon dioxide set an all-time monthly record. A sobering reminder that humans are pushing the climate into a state unseen in millions of years.
Brian Kahn

Jun 5, 2017

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Commentary

Trump’s argument for quitting Paris deal contains multi-trillion dollar math error
The economic study Trump uses to justify the US leaving the Paris climate accord fails to factor in one massive cost: human-caused climate change.
Samantha Page

Jun 2, 2017

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Trump’s exit from Paris climate deal signals end of American Century
America’s time as leader of the free world is over. Now we’re the villain, thwarting the global effort to save humanity.
Joe Romm

Jun 1, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Australians say climate change is catastrophic risk, even as government turns blind eye
Three in four Australians understand that climate warming poses a “catastrophic risk,” even as the Australian government turns a blind eye.
David Spratt

May 29, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Trump’s staff reportedly feeding him internet hoaxes on climate
Staffers send Trump fake news – including long-debunked climate claims – to “gain an edge in the seemingly endless ‘Game of Thrones’ inside the West Wing.
Joe Romm

May 16, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Getting climate risk on the company board agenda
When it comes to mitigating the impacts of climate change, shareholder activism is not the only thing keeping company leaders awake at night.
Elisa de Wit

May 15, 2017

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Featured

Turnbull abandons fig leaf and stands naked on climate policy
Turnbull government’s budget had nothing to say on climate, and little on energy. The policy he once derided as a “fig leaf” for climate action is coming to an end, leaving the PM with nothing to meet climate targets, and no strategy to manage the energy transition.
Giles Parkinson

May 10, 2017

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Trump’s executive order puts the world on the road to climate catastrophe
It’s so egregious, it no longer really matters if he doesn’t formally opt out of the Paris climate deal.
Joe Romm

Mar 29, 2017

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US environment chief denies Co2 emissions cause global warming
New EPA Pruitt won’t listen to scientists, but he promises he’s listening to industry.
Samantha Page

Mar 10, 2017

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Trump budget cuts on climate science ‘an all-out assault on Earth’
Trumps announcement to defund NOAA’s satellites will also hurt weather forecasts, jeopardizing public safety, experts warn.
Joe Romm

Mar 6, 2017

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