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Meet Boris, the UK’s Climate-Denying New Prime Minister & “Donald Trump of Britain”

No wonder Trump and the Republicans are excited at Boris Johnson becoming the UK Prime Minister. He is one of their own. He is cut from the same cloth. He is a climate denier.

Trump touts “environmental leadership” as extreme weather hits DC

Trump's talk is entitled “America’s Environmental Leadership”, despite the fact that his Administration has pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement, denies the climate crisis, promotes fossil fuels at all costs, and is gutting dozens upon dozens of environmental regulations.

G20: Tens of Thousands Tell Shinzo Abe to #StopFundingCoal

To coincide with the G20 summit last week, thousands of activists from around the world - in Japan, Indonesia, India, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Australia, the US - mobilized to protest against Japan’s continued financing of dirty coal.

UN expert warns of the coming “Climate Apartheid”

The warning could not be more stark. As the world warms, we face a “climate apartheid,” where the rich "escape overheating, hunger, and conflict" in an increasingly small geographical area, whilst the rest of us are “left to suffer."

Climate Denying Trump Administration Rebrands Fossil Fuels as “Freedom Gas”

The Trump Administration is redoubling its assault on the climate. Part of that is trying to redefine fossil fuels as “molecules of U.S. freedom” and “freedom gas.”

415 ppm: We Are all Part of Exxon’s Unchartered Climate Experiment Now

We are all now a living experiment. Never before in human history have carbon dioxide levels reached 415 parts per million.

Facebook’s New Fact-Checking Service are Koch-Funded Climate Deniers

In what can only be described as verging on the bizarre, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has given the contract to fight fake news to an organization that pushes fake news on climate change.

Trump “Stealing” Young Peoples’ Future by Promoting Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

Yesterday, President Trump signed two executive orders in his latest brazen attempt to appease the fossil fuel industry, just as further research was published revealing the drastic need to scale back carbon emissions if young people are going to have a liveable future.

One Mill. Acres Flooded, One Mill. Wells At Risk & 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?

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..