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As NASA releases climate “bombshell”, more questions raised over fracking’s climatic impact

As NASA releases a "bombshell" on climate change, a new report concludes that fracking is encouraging the development of other energy-intensive infrastructure and industries which in turn produce vast amounts of carbon dioxide.

As Temperatures Soar, TV Coverage of Climate Change Decreases

Nearly every day another record is smashed regarding climate change. But as temperatures soar and the crisis becomes more urgent, the less you are likely to hear about it on the major American TV networks, as the coverage of climate change has found to be decreasing

Great Barrier Grief

The environmental community is mourning the death of the award-winning photographer, Gary Braasch, who died yesterday doing a job he loved. He was snorkelling at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef documenting the effects of climate change.

Oil Spill on Sakhalin Island “Systematic” of Wider Problem

The leading Russian oil company, Rosneft, is currently under investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office on the Russian island of Sakhalin for a large oil spill which occurred last week.

Oil Giant Shell Sued Again Over Nigerian Pollution

The serial offender Shell is being sued. Again. The oil giant finds itself in a court in London today for the second time in five years for its ongoing chronic pollution problems in the Niger Delta.

America’s First “Climate Refugees” Receive Funding To Relocate

A small community of French-speaking Native Americans, who have lived on the low-lying Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana for generations, have become America’s first official climate refugees.

For Big Oil to Survive “It Needs a Fundamental Rethink”

The low oil price continues to cause carnage with the oil industry and increasingly once-untouchable US shale companies. Indeed, the Saudi strategy to kneecap the American fracking industry looks not only like it is paying off, but will not be reversed anytime soon.