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UK: “Massive Victory” as Injunction Against Anti-Shale Campaigners Ruled “Unlawful”

Yesterday, Britain’s fledgling shale gas industry was dealt another significant blow when three senior judges overturned a draconian injunction that had been granted to the company, INEOS, against anti-fracking campaigners.

One Mill. Acres Flooded, One Mill. Wells At Risk and One Mill. Calves Lost: But Trump Still Promotes KXL

One million acres of farmland under water, one million wells at risk and one million calves lost, due to the floods. This is climate change in action. How much more evidence does Trump need before he realizes there is a climate crisis going on?

UN: Climate Change Impacts “are Accelerating”

Both the physical and socio-economic impacts of climate change are accelerating as record greenhouse gas concentrations drive temperatures towards increasingly dangerous levels, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) latest statement on the state of the global climate.

Your Help is Needed to Achieve an #Oil-Free Lofoten Islands

An international petition has been launched to put pressure on the Norwegian Government to establish permanent protection for the iconic Lofoten islands, which are a key battleground between the oil and gas industry and conservationists.

Oil Industry will Laugh with Joy if David Bernhardt Gets Top Interior Job

If Bernhardt gets the top job at the Interior Department, the oil boys don’t have to spend any money lobbying at all. They just pick up the phone and tell him to open up public lands for drilling. Big Oil will be laughing all the way to the bank..

Devastation wrought by Cyclone Idai is “yet another wake-up call” on climate change

A large swathe of Southern Africa remains underwater a week after Hurricane Idai ripped through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe in what is being seen as one of the Southern hemisphere’s worst disasters.

Yet Another Nail in UK Fracking Industry as Gov. Guidelines Ruled “Unlawful”

The UK’s fledgling fracking industry was dealt another significant nail in its coffin today when the High Court ruled that the current guidance from the Government on shale gas is “unlawful”.

As evidence of man-made global warming hits ‘gold standard’, Robert Mercer continues funding denialists

One of the world’s most secretive billionaires is still pouring millions into climate denial, despite scientists concluding we have reached the “gold standard” linking human activity to climate change.

Do we Slowly Boil Like Frogs or Break the Climate Silence?

So do we continue our climate denial and slowly boil like frogs or do we act now in the radical way that is needed to avoid a climate emergency?

Greta or Happer: Who would you pick as Trump’s security advisor on climate?

I would say we should make Greta Thunberg the national security advisor on climate and send Donald Trump and William Happer back to school to learn some basic science.