climate science

The US Department of the Interior’s new four-year strategic plan calls for maximizing fossil fuel extraction from public lands

November 10, 2017Environment

Remember “Drill, baby, drill”? Well, it’s back — and this time it’s likely to become a reality.

What lessons can Canada offer the US on the suppression of scientific research?

March 5, 2017Global Politics

Exxon helped pioneer climate science — then disavowed its own research. Was it a crime?

November 1, 2015Environment

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