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In Final Hours, COP 25 Denounced as 'Utter Failure' as Deal Is Stripped of Ambition and US Refuses to Accept Liability for Climate Crisis

Arms Expert Warns of 'Reckless and Unnecessary Escalation' After Pentagon Tests Missile Banned by INF Treaty That Trump Ditched

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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The move could "exacerbate tensions with Russia, China, and North Korea—all of whom would be in range of this type of missile."

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Decrying EU Proposal to Address Climate Crisis by 2050 as 'Too Little Too Late,' Greenpeace Activists Stage #HouseOnFire Demonstration

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Greenpeace activists on Thursday wrap the E.U. summit venue in Brussels with images of giant flames, setting off clouds of smoke, flares and sounding a fire alarm to urge European government leaders to take immediate action to respond to the climate emergency.

"The world is on fire and our governments are letting it burn."

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Maltese Prime Minister Announces Plans to Resign After Protests Intensified Over Journalist's Murder

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Protesters hold up placards and pictures of the late journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

A probe into the 2017 car bombing that killed investigative reporter Daphne...

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EU Lawmakers Declare 'Climate Emergency,' But Campaigners Say Only 'Emergency Action' Will Prove They Mean It

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'Not Enough to Declare Climate Emergency': Ahead of EU Vote, Demand for Action Not Just Words

Striking high school students march to protest for more effective government climate change policy on January 25, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.

'Beginning of the End of Climate-Wrecking Fossil Fuel Finance': World's Largest Public Bank Ditches Oil/Coal

Declaring State of Emergency, Venice Mayor Blames Climate Crisis for Historic Flooding

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'Beyond Horrific': UK Police Find 39 People Dead in Truck Container, Possible Victims of Human Trafficking Effort

The anonymous artist Banksy unveiled his latest installation in Croydon, London this week, in the form of a storefront. All the merchandise will be sold online as part of Banksy's trademark dispute with a greeting card company. (Photo: via Colossal)

'Gross Domestic Product': How Street Artist Banksy Turned Bizarre Trademark Dispute Into Fundraiser for Migrant Rescue Ship

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'Nuclear Weapons Arms Race Is Here': Russians, Anti-Nuke Experts Denounce US Missile Test

Global Temps Continue to Soar Upward as NOAA Confirms July 2019 Was Hottest Month Since Records Began in 1880

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European Regulators Praised for Declaring There Is 'No Safe Exposure Level' for Pesticide Tied to Brain Damage in Children

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Scientists Say Record-Shattering European Heat Wave Made 'About 100 Times More Likely' by Climate Crisis

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'This Is Not Normal': Record-Smashing European Heat Wave Sparks Demands to Combat Climate Emergency

As Deadly Heat Waves Sweep Globe, Research Shows Planet Warming at Rate Not Seen in 2,000 Years

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A Big Push in the Right Direction’ — European Parliament Approves Restrictions on Use of Antibiotics on Farm Animals

Food & Water Watch

Explosion at Austrian Baumgarten Gas Hub and Shutdown of Forties Pipeline System Shows Europe’s Vulnerability

Friends of the Earth

New study: No Room For Gas in Europe's Climate Budget, Science Shows...

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European Authorities’ Policy Constraints Are Hampering French Economic Growth and Employment, New Report Finds

Global Justice Now

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New Trade Deal Could Be Even Greater Threat to Public Services Than TTIP

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Conn Hallinan

Climate Catastrophe Comes for Europe

Laurie Laybourn-Langton

The G7 Was a Joke. Three Degrees Warming Isn’t

Robert Freeman

Re-Reflections on the Start of World War II

Michael Winship

Trump’s Entire Worldview Is a Nut Job Conspiracy Theory

Tom Matthews

Heatwave: Think It’s Hot in Europe? The Human Body Is Already Close to Thermal Limits Elsewhere

Rajan Menon

Shattering Europe?

Cory Doctorow

Europe Just Voted to Wreck the Internet

Rebecca Burns

How European Workers Coordinated This Month's Massive Amazon Strike—And What Comes Next

John Feffer

What’s Behind Trump’s Assault on Europe

Wenonah Hauter

Meet the European Petrochemical Giant Trying to Profit from the Fracking of Pennsylvania