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300 Injured At Standing Rock: “He just smiled and shot both my kneecaps”

The dying days of President Obama’s administration are being deeply shamed by the actions of the authorities against the First Nations and others fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Meet Donald the Climate Clown

Later today in Stockholm, a conference organised by the business group, the International Chamber of Commerce, examines “Bridging the Climate Change Policy Gap.”

Kerry to Trump: Don’t Make Climate Decisions Based on “Ideology”

Outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry used his speech at the UN COP climate talks in Marrakesh to lay down the gauntlet to incoming President Donald Trump on climate change.

White Supremacists and Climate Deniers Applaud Trump

There was growing outrage last night at the appointment of Steve Bannon as Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff.

400 Civil Society Groups Demand An End to Fossil Fuel Development

As the UN COP22 climate talks enter the second week in Marrakesh, 400 civil society organisations, from over 60 countries, are calling on world leaders to put an immediate halt to new fossil fuel development and pursue a rapid transition to renewable energy.

Donald Trump: Climate Change Hypocrite

There have been many words written about Donald Trump since his Presidential victory, but one we must add to the list is: hypocrite.

Climate Change: The Forgotten Election Issue

The breaking news is that, after one of the most divisive US Presidential campaigns in history, Donald Trump will be the next US President.

One of the Banks Behind North Dakota Pipeline “Considers its Involvement”

The protests by First Nations against the North Dakota pipeline are beginning to rattle the funders behind the highly controversial scheme. This means that the pipeline that once seemed unstoppable is increasingly looking vulnerable.

As Paris Agreement comes into force, “world must urgently and dramatically increase its ambition”

First the good news. After decades of denial, delay and obfuscation by the fossil fuel industry, an historic agreement on climate change, which was first signed in Paris last year, enters into force today.

A New Shade of Lipstick on Big Oil’s Climate Denial Pig

The history of Big Oil’s climate denial campaign is littered with slightly progressive sounding front groups which have tried to give the impression that the industry cares about climate change.