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  • Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte visit to Canada - 25 Oct 2018<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock (9944942az) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answered a question during a joint press conference with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte visit to Canada - 25 Oct 2018

    Canada passed a carbon tax that will give most Canadians more money

    Dana Nuccitelli: By rebating the revenue to households, disposable income rises, which can be a boon for the Canadian economy
  • Jhan Carlos Frías is arrested trying to protect his community of Roche from eviction in the Cerrejón mining zone in La Guajira, Colombia.

    Blood coal: Ireland’s dirty secret

    Noel Healy: Burning coal is the single largest contributor to global climate breakdown. Human rights violations at the sites of fossil fuel extraction are often hidden.
  • Urmia Lake<br>URMIA, IRAN - OCTOBER 11, 2014: A genral view of the Urmia Lake which has ran out of water due to ecological catastrophe on October 11, 2014 in Urmia, Iran. Lake Urmia is a salt lake in northwestern Iran near Iran’s border with Turkey. The lake is between the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan in Iran, and west of the southern portion of the Caspian Sea. At its full size, it is the largest lake in the Middle East and the sixth largest saltwater lake on earth with a surface area of approximately 5,200 km (2,000 mile ), 140 km (87 mi) length, 55 km (34 mi) width, and 16 m (52 ft) depth. Lake Urmia along with its approximately 102 islands are protected as a national park by the Iranian Department of Environment. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images) ur1

    Some of the countries leading on climate change might surprise you

    John Abraham: Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change
  • U.S. President Donald Trump rallies with supporters at Elko Regional Airport in Elko, Nevada, U.S. October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

    Trump thinks scientists are split on climate change. So do most Americans

    Dana Nuccitelli: There’s a 97% expert consensus on human-caused global warming, but most Americans are unaware
  • President Donald Trump points skyward before donning protective glasses to view the solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at the White House in Washington . (AP Andrew Harnik)

    Republican lawmakers react to the IPCC report – ‘we have scientists’ too!

    Dana Nuccitelli: Journalists grilled GOP politicians on climate change. It didn’t go well
  • This 2017 photo provided by NOAA shows bleached coral in Guam. A study released on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018 finds that severe bleaching outbreaks are hitting coral reefs four times more often they used to a few decades earlier. (David Burdick/NOAA via AP)

    There’s one key takeaway from last week’s IPCC report

    Dana Nuccitelli: Cut carbon pollution as much as possible, as fast as possible
  • Hurricane Michael Slams Into Florida’s Panhandle Region<br>CRAWFORDVILLE - OCTOBER 10: An American flag battered by Hurricane Michael continues to fly in the in the rose colored light of sunset at Shell Point Beach on October 10, 2018 in Crawfordville, Florida.The hurricane hit the Florida Panhandle as a category 4 storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

    Victims of Hurricane Michael are represented by climate deniers

    John Abraham: Elections have consequences. Denying science has consequences. And we are reaping what we sow.
  • A cartoon illustration of the Trump administration’s climate policy logic

    The Trump administration has entered Stage 5 climate denial

    Dana Nuccitelli: If we’re already doomed to disastrous climate change, then there’s no reason to cut carbon pollution, argues the Trump administration
  • Mike Dupray rides his Segway scooter through town during a record-breaking heat wave in Walnut Creek, Calif., Saturday, July 22, 2006. Triple digit temperatures across California strained thermometers and air conditioners and prompted dozens of scattered electricity outages that left residents sizzling. (AP Photo/Contra Costa Times, Karl Mondon) ** MAGS OUT NO SALES ARCHIVE OUT MANDATORY CREDIT **

    New study finds incredibly high carbon pollution costs – especially for the US and India

    Dana Nuccitelli: As a wealthy, warm country, the US would benefit from implementing a carbon tax to slow global warming
  • VARIOUS<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ashley Cooper/SpecialistStoc/REX/Shutterstock (1047662a) Melt water on the Greenland ice sheet near camp Victor north of Ilulissat. The Greenland ice sheet is the largest ice sheet outside of Antarctica. Temperatures have risen by nine degrees Fahrenheit in Greenland in the last 60 years due to human induced climate change. This is causing the ice sheet to melt at unprecedented rates which is deeply worrying as the ice sheet contains enough water to raise global sea levels by nine metres. VARIOUS

    New research shows the world’s ice is doing something not seen before

    John Abraham: Do you know how an ice sheet can move? You’ll find out below.
  • Earth and Moon with stars in the background.<br>Extremely detailed. Elements of the image furnished by NASA. A soft glow surrounds the illuminated planet and clouds cast shadows on the surface. All real data and isolated on black. The Moon is at the correct relative size.

    New study reconciles a dispute about how fast global warming will happen

    Dana Nuccitelli: Unfortunately, mainstream climate scientists are still right, and we’re running out of time to avoid dangerous global warming
  • Royal Dutch Shell profits<br>File photo dated 03/02/11 of a Royal Dutch Shell logo, as the oil giant hailed a “strong” annual performance after profits more than doubled thanks to the surging cost of crude. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday February 1, 2018. The group posted underlying earnings of $15.8 billion (£11.2 billion) for 2017, up from $7.2 billion (£5.1 billion) the previous year. See PA story CITY Shell. Photo credit should read: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire

    Shell and Exxon's secret 1980s climate change warnings

    Benjamin Franta: Newly found documents from the 1980s show that fossil fuel companies privately predicted the global damage that would be caused by their products.
  • Jerry Brown<br>California Gov. Jerry Brown walks to the bow of the high-tech battery-operated San Francisco Bay sightseeing boat, Enhydra, for a cruise of San Francisco Bay, where he signed 16 new laws aimed at easing global warming Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

    California plans to show the world how to meet the Paris climate target

    Dana Nuccitelli: Governor Jerry Brown signed an executive order for statewide carbon neutrality by 2045
  • Amazon rainforest, Peru. Manu Biosphere Reserve - Crees Foundation

    Warming oceans are changing the world's rainfall

    John Abraham: A new study finds that warming in the Atlantic Ocean is changing rain patterns in the Amazon
  • Brett Kavanaugh<br>In this Sept. 5, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Spurred on by the left, Democrats brought fire and fury to the confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, but their aggressive tactics have put at least one senator at risk of an ethics investigation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

    Kavanaugh’s views on EPA’s climate authority are dangerous and wrong

    Dana Nuccitelli: Kavanaugh thinks Congress should address climate change. That’s true, but it doesn’t lessen EPA’s authority
  • Kevin de Leon<br>U.S. Senate candidate, Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D- Los Angeles, speaks at the 2018 California Democrats State Convention Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

    California's response to record wildfires: shift to 100% clean energy

    Dana Nuccitelli: California’s Democratic leaders are determined to fight the climate change that’s ravaging their state
  • Pacific ocean surface average temperature during an El Niño event in December 2015 compared to 1981-2010 average temperatures.

    Global warming is intensifying El Niño weather

    John Abraham: A new study finds that weather associated with El Niño events is becoming more severe
  • Asthma story. Flitwick. Georgia Conely, a young girl child with a ventolin inhaler

    Trump’s Dirty Power Plan is much worse for kids’ health than for climate change

    Dana Nuccitelli: Some of the reporting of the climate impacts of the Dirty Power Plan has been inaccurate
  • Microplastic pollution<br>Undated handout photo issued by the Alfred Wegener Institute of a melt pond on Arctic sea ice in the Central Arctic. Tiny particles known as “microplastics” have been found in record levels in Arctic sea ice, raising concerns about their impact on marine life and humans, scientists said. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday April 24, 2018. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Ice. Photo credit should read: Stefan Hendricks/Alfred-Wegener-Institut/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    Humans are pushing the Earth closer to a climate cliff

    John Abraham: A new study examines potential climate feedbacks that could push Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state
  • A Volkswagen Beetle scorched by a wildfire called the Carr Fire rests at a residence in Redding, Calif., Friday, July 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

    Trump reignited his war with California, but his bizarre tweet got burned

    Dana Nuccitelli: Trump is trying to accelerate the key contributor to California’s expanding wildfires – climate change
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