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World of Change: Amazon Deforestation

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Post date July 4, 2021
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World of Change: Amazon Deforestation

The state of Rondônia in western Brazil is one of the most deforested parts of the Amazon. This series shows deforestation on the frontier in the northwestern part of the state between 2000 and 2012.

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Brazil’s Amazon: Deforestation ‘surges to 12-year high’

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Brazil’s Amazon: Deforestation ‘surges to 12-year high’

Destruction of the rainforest increased by 9.5% compared to the previous 12 months, new data shows.

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Labor accuses Minister of ‘prejudice against renewables’ in vetoing wind farm loan

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Post date July 2, 2021
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Labor accuses Minister of ‘prejudice against renewables’ in vetoing wind farm loan

Northern Australia Minister Keith Pitt rejected the loan, claiming the wind farm would not provide firm power to the grid, but Labor says he is prejudiced against renewable energy.

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Pitt approves huge loan for Queensland coal project, after rejecting wind farm

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Post date July 2, 2021
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Pitt approves huge loan for Queensland coal project, after rejecting wind farm

After blocking a loan to a Queensland wind project, resources minister Keith Pitt approves a $175m government loan to a coal mine.

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The World’s Most Insane Energy Project Moves Ahead

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Post date July 1, 2021
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The World’s Most Insane Energy Project Moves Ahead

Australia approves Adani coal mine, endangering the Great Barrier Reef and, well, civilization

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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a manmade disaster that occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by the Exxon Shipping Company, spilled 11 million

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Summary, Effects, Cause, Clean Up, & Facts

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Post date June 30, 2021
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Summary, Effects, Cause, Clean Up, & Facts

Deepwater Horizon oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an April 20, 2010, explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig—located in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 41 miles (66 km) off the coast of Louisiana—and its subsequent sinking on April 22.

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Shell and Exxon’s secret 1980s climate change warnings

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Post date June 30, 2021
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Shell and Exxon’s secret 1980s climate change warnings | Benjamin Franta

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.