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Food and agriculture will be under the spotlight at the upcoming round of global climate negotiations in northern Brazil. Representatives from nearly every nation will gather from 6-21 November in Belém, a regional capital and gateway to the Amazon, with most countries far off target to deliver deep cuts to carbon emissions — the only way to […]

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The Association of National Advertisers (ANA), the main U.S. advertising trade association, is under fire from climate campaigners after naming a senior Shell executive as its new chair. The appointment of Dean Aragón, CEO of Shell Brands, comes as the global oil and gas company has scaled back its climate commitments over the last two […]

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Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced five proposals he intends to fast track to defend our economy from the hostile Trump administration, live up to Canada’s climate commitments, and demonstrate respect for Indigenous rights. Do the projects live up to these aspirational values? Let’s take a closer look. Among the first five projects is an […]

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Major meat and dairy producers emit more greenhouse gases than the nation of Saudi Arabia, the world’s number two oil producer — emissions that rival those of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies, according to a new analysis published Monday.  The assessment, which was produced by the nonprofit research firm Profundo and four environmental advocacy groups, […]

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Despite considerable public funding, aggressive ad campaigns, and optimistic pronouncements by politicians of various stripes over the last few years, there were no major project announcements at Canada’s annual carbon capture expo this year.  Neither were there any announcements related to Pathways Alliance, the signature carbon capture and storage project (CCS) of Canada’s tar sands producers. […]

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This story was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe. For centuries, farmers in Melendugno, a town located at the tip of southern Italy’s boot heel, built stone walls to mark the boundaries of their fields, shield their crops from the winds blowing out of North Africa, and divide farmland from pasture.   Today, those same ancient stones […]

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The sponsor of a flagship event at Reform UK’s annual conference has accused party leader Nigel Farage of adopting “very far-right, very anti-immigrant” rhetoric, DeSmog can reveal. The event was hosted on 6 September by the Heartland Institute – an infamous U.S. climate science denial group – and run “in collaboration” with Quews News. Founded […]

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