Large Rise in CO2 Emissions Sounds Climate Change Alarm

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Hopes for ‘safe’ temperature increase within 2C fade as Hawaii station documents second-greatest emissions increase.

TIMELINE: Shell’s Year of Arctic Screwups

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Shell’s maiden drilling voyage in the Arctic hit a year’s worth of rough seas.

VIDEO: Wait Until China Acts on Climate. What? They Are!?

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China is enacting a carbon tax. There goes US politicians’ best excuse to do nothing about climate change.

Deepwater Horizon Pipe ‘Responsible for New Oil Slick in Gulf of Mexico’

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BP and Transocean to submit clean-up operation, after scientists link three-mile oil slick to Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Oil on Gulf Coast After Hurricane Isaac Reveals Risks of Offshore Drilling

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The cleanup is far from over.

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