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From Newfoundland Snowstorms to Australian Bushfires, Climate Means the ‘Exceptional Becoming Normalized’
From an epic snowstorm blanketing Newfoundland to devastating bushfires and flash floods in Australia, climate change is the common thread that is turning the ... -
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Australian Indigenous Knowledge Holds Potential for Climate Mitigation, Economic Growth
Australia’s Indigenous peoples have been living peaceably, and sustainably, with their fire-prone environment for 65,000 years, and so the nation at large—particularly the urban ... -
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Mixed Results for 2019 Show Slight Rise in Renewable Energy Investment
World renewable energy investment hit US$282.2 billion last year, slightly higher than 2018’s total of $280.2 billion, with investment declining in China but hitting ... -
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Bushfires Burn Morrison’s Popularity to the Ground, But New Policy Pronouncements Fall Short
Public outrage and grief over a raging, climate-fuelled bushfire crisis have finally begun burning Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s popularity rating to the ground, ... -
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Australia in Photos: Siemens Backs Massive Adani Coal Mine as 30,000 Protest Climate Inaction
German industrial giant Siemens decided earlier today to back Australia's intensely controversial Adani/Carmichael coal mine. The announcement came days after 30,000 people braved driving ... -
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All-Female, All-Indigenous Fire Brigade Defends Remote Settlement in Southeast Australia
With their community tinder-dry, and most of their menfolk disinclined to pitch in, it is the women of the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust in ... -
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Climate Denial, Disinformation Obscure the Cause of Australia’s Bushfire Disaster
Australia’s climate denial machine is kicking into high gear, with Scott Morrison’s Liberal coalition government and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire trying to separate the ... -
Bushfires Devastate Australian Biodiversity, with Species Extinction Likely
With six million hectares burnt and counting, Australia’s bushfire disaster is a climate emergency that also reveals the country facing a major extinction crisis. -
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24 Dead, Coal Seam Ignites as Terrified Evacuees Flee Australian Bushfires
Terrified Australians fled to the water from a beach where they had taken refuge from raging bushfires, authorities reported at least 24 people dead ... -
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‘Disgraceful’ COP 25 Shows Big Emitters ‘Betraying People Across the World’
After running 44 hours beyond its scheduled end time, this year’s United Nations climate conference dissolved in failure, frustration, and anger Sunday morning, with ... -
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Canada Pledges Net Zero by 2050 as Major Emitters Dig In to Block COP 25 Progress
Canada earned praise for promising to legislate a 2050 deadline for net-zero carbon emissions, but big emitters like Australia, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, India, and ... -
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Australia, Brazil, Japan Share Fossil of the Day (Dis)Honours as COP Negotiations Get Under Way
Australia, Brazil, and Japan found themselves in a three-way tie yesterday for Fossil of the Day, the coveted award from Climate Action Network-International for ... -
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Mental Health Expertise Meets Sandbags in Helping Communities Build Climate Resilience
It was judicious use of mental health expertise, along with many, many sandbags, that enabled Fargo, North Dakota to weather the challenges of the ...
