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New UK Oil Drilling Round Could Bust Us Through Climate Limits

[caption id="attachment_24281" align="alignright" width="300"] North Sea drilling rig. Credit: Erik Christensen[/caption] Post by Mika Minio-Paluello, first published by Platform   The UK government is pushing a massive new offshore drilling programme, that will take the UK beyond its climate limits. Oil companies had until 2pm...

Louisiana Floods: A “classic signal of climate change”

The US state of Louisiana was under a state of emergency over the weekend with at least six people dead and 20,000 people rescued due to an "historic" flooding event affecting the state for the previous few days.

Ban Oil Trains Now. No Excuses.

The Obama Administration has chosen to prioritize the transport of oil and the profits of oil companies ahead of the safety of residents. The industry's justifications are no longer true, if in fact they ever were. It is high time...

Tar Sands Advisory Panel Formed Amid Controversy

After the Canadian province of Alberta announced last week that it was establishing an “Oil Sands Advisory Group” (OSAG), to advise the government on the tar sands aspects of its Climate Leadership Plan it immediately caused an out-cry from opposition...

“We see you, fossil fuels, and we are coming”

In the end, after two weeks of tortuous and exhausting negotiations in Paris, the UN agreement on climate reached on Saturday has been hailed as “historic, durable and ambitious”.