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A Solar-Powered Future Is Finally Upon Us
The US Solar Energy Industries Association expects installations to rise by 25% in 2019 to a capacity of 13.3 gigawatts: more electricity than many countries in Africa and Europe need to keep their lights on.
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Extinction Rebellion Must Evolve to Tackle Our Systemic Climate Crisis
To really tell the truth about climate change, the rebels in Extinction Rebellion need to call out climate criminals. Anything else is a whitewash.
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Researchers Warn Arctic Has Entered 'Unprecedented State' That Threatens Global Climate Stability
"Never have so many Arctic indicators been brought together in a single paper." And the findings spell trouble for the entire planet.
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Ocasio-Cortez: Maybe Wall Street Bankers 'Not the Best Authority' on Wellbeing of People and Planet
JP Morgan invested $195.66 billion in oil and gas companies between 2016 and 2018, making the Wall Street bank "the world's top funder of fossil fuels by a wide margin."
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Petro-State Norway Signals Oil Game Is Up
Europe's largest oil producer is effectively admitting the oil game is over and promises to divest from the industry – but it wants to play to the final whistle. Can it have it both ways?
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D.C. Girds for Exxon Climate Battle
Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has revealed plans to hire climate lawyers to focus on an investigation and potential litigation against Exxon Mobil Corp.
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"Quite A Radical Policy": Manchester Bans Fracking In Victory for U.K. Activists
In a move that could have repercussions on the fracking industry nationwide, Manchester in northwest England has announced that it is effectively banning the practice.
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Shining Bright: The Promise of the Sunrise Movement
Composed of activists from high school age to their mid-20s, the Sunrise Movement formed to challenge power by targeting Congresspeople and tackling the climate crisis in a loud, uniquely jubilant voice.
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'Whoever You Are, Wherever You Are, We Need You': 15-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Calls for Global Climate Strike
"Science has clearly told us that we need to act now to keep the planet within 1.5 degrees of warming," the young climate activist said in calling for a day of global action on Friday.
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Tackle Climate or Face Financial Crash, Say World's Biggest Investors
Global investors managing $32 trillion issued a stark warning to governments at the UN climate summit on Monday, demanding urgent cuts in carbon emissions and the phasing out of all coal burning.
