Climate strategist Joojin Kim spent years convincing banks across South Korea to stop funding coal, and it worked. Now he’s aiming that same playbook at a new target: maritime shipping, a hidden engine of the global economy — and one of the world’s dirtiest industries. He breaks down how the whole system converges in oneContinue Reading

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Climate science is filled with “conflicting facts and opinions” and experts are “divided” on whether humans should be blamed for a warmer atmosphere. Those were some of the “quick facts” and “speaking notes” disseminated by the Petroleum Communication Foundation (PCF) on December 15, 1997, just days after nations negotiated the world’sContinue Reading

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While acting as the official host for the UN, the US has sought to weaken it for decades., The annual general debate of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) starts on Tuesday morning in New York amid dire circumstances. Besides traffic gridlock and overpriced hotel rates, cavalcades of motorcades andContinue Reading

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Genetic evidence has revealed a previously unknown gentoo penguin species on the remote Kerguelen Islands and shown that gentoos actually consist of four distinct species. The discovery also highlights a growing threat, as warming oceans could leave several island populations with little suitable habitat by 2050., Read MoreContinue Reading

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Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski says he has personally warned Russian officials that Polish response to a possible attack from Moscow would include both offensive and defensive actions, according to an episode of the program Front Sikorskiego. Sikorski’s disclosure comes as European governments step up preparations for possible Russian attacks and provocations. PolishContinue Reading