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Big oil is the new big tobacco - and Congress must use its power to investigate | Naomi Oreskes and Geoffrey Supran | Opinion | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/20/big-oil-congress-climate-change
Climate refugees can't be returned home, says landmark UN human rights ruling | World news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/20/climate-refugees-cant-be-returned-home-says-landmark-un-human-rights-ruling
Australia's platypus under threat from climate change | Australia News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/australia-platypus-threat-climate-change-200120034327635.html
I tried to warn Scott Morrison about the bushfire disaster. Adapting to climate change isn’t enough | Greg Mullins | Opinion | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/20/i-tried-to-warn-scott-morrison-about-the-bushfire-disaster-adapting-to-climate-change-isnt-enough
More than 100 threatened species hit hard by Australian bushfires, pushing many towards extinction | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/20/more-than-100-threatened-species-australian-bushfires-towards-extinction
Online campaign grows to save sick and starving lions in Sudan park | World news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/20/online-campaign-grows-to-save-sick-and-starving-lions-in-sudan-park
Davos Attendees to Pollute 18,090 metric tonnes CO2 For The ‘Sustainable World’
https://www.ccn.com/davos-attendees-to-pollute-18090-metric-tonnes-co2-for-the-sustainable-world-themed-conference/
The Pesticide Industry’s Playbook for Poisoning the Earth
https://theintercept.com/2020/01/18/bees-insecticides-pesticides-neonicotinoids-bayer-monsanto-syngenta/
'It's heart-wrenching': 80% of Blue Mountains and 50% of Gondwana rainforests burn in bushfires | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/17/its-heart-wrenching-80-of-blue-mountains-and-50-of-gondwana-rainforests-burn-in-bushfires
Climate emergency declaration | Barcelona City Council
https://www.barcelona.cat/emergenciaclimatica/en
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Climate activists dressed as koalas set off on mountain hike to Davos - Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-davos-meeting-climate-march/climate-activists-dressed-as-koalas-set-off-on-mountain-hike-to-davos-idUSKBN1ZI0GM
The five: changes in animal behaviour due to global heating | Science | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/19/the-five-changes-in-animal-behaviour-due-to-global-heating
China-backed dam threatens Indigenous people in the Philippines | Philippines News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/china-backed-dam-threatens-indigenous-people-philippines-200115050855015.html
Police detain 185 climate protesters at Brussels car show - Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-autos-protests/police-detain-185-climate-protesters-at-brussels-car-show-idUSKBN1ZH0NN
You're stealing our water: Germans protest against Tesla gigafactory - Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-gigafactory-germany-protests/youre-stealing-our-water-germans-protest-against-tesla-gigafactory-idUSKBN1ZH0KM
US shipping out asylum seekers to Guatemala | News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/migrant-caravan-forced-seek-asylum-guatemala-200118103357154.html
Cyprus struggling with influx of refugees | Cyprus News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/cyprus-struggling-influx-refugees-200118102307001.html
Colombian farmers under pressure from frosts linked to climate change - Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-weather/colombian-farmers-under-pressure-from-frosts-linked-to-climate-change-idUSKBN1ZG1N2
'This is not how sequoias die. It’s supposed to stand for another 500 years' | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/18/this-is-not-how-sequoias-die-its-supposed-to-stand-for-another-500-years-aoe
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