New Uncovered Corporate Documents Show #ExxonKnew Much Earlier Than Previously

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Throughout Exxon’s global operations, the company knew that CO2 was a harmful pollutant in the atmosphere years earlier than previously reported. Story here.

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Dear Future Generations - Sorry! (Video)

Manitoba Hog Barn Building Expected to Gain Momentum

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Applications are expected to increase with lifting of moratorium. Story here.

Bee Victory in Europe - Let's Party!

RIVER ON FIRE! Gas Explodes From an Australian River Near a Fracking Site.

Climate Change Has All But Destroyed Great Barrier Reef, Study Confirms

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More than 90 percent of world's largest living ecosystem has been hit by "severe" coral bleaching. More here.

Peruvian Government’s Response to Amazon Oil Spills: Promise High, Deliver Low

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Across Peru, headlines have been dominated by the presidential elections. Deep in the Amazon, however, the ongoing trauma caused by oil pipeline spills seeps on. Almost three months following a 2,000-barrel spill in Chiriaco followed by another just days later near Mayuriaga, indigenous communities continue to confront the daily reality of poisoned water, fish and crops. More here.

Glyphosate Found in Popular Breakfast Foods in US

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Today, the Alliance for Natural Health-USA released the results of food safety testing conducted on an assortment of popular breakfast foods. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) testing revealed the presence of glyphosate—the most widely used agricultural herbicide—in 11 of the 24 food samples tested. More here.

Wildfires Near Fort St. John, Prince George Prompt Evacuations

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 Climate change means wildfires that are larger, start earlier and last longer. Above - NWT, Canada ’04.USDA Forest Service.

Residents from communities across northern B.C. have been forced to flee their homes. More here.

Greenland’s Ice Sheet Is Melting So Fast Right Now, Scientists Thought It Was an Error

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The margin of the Greenland ice sheets. Hannes Grobe, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. 1992.

On Monday, Greenland began to melt. Parts of Greenland melt every year and the whole thing freezes again each winter, but lately, thanks to global warming, the melting has come earlier and then peaked in the summer at higher levels than usual. Story here.