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The race to defuse an oil 'time bomb' disaster threatening the Red Sea
A UN plan to save the decaying FSO Safer and avert a spill four times larger than the Exxon Valdez is "only half a solution, but it’s better than nothing.”
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Climate denial is waning on the right. What’s replacing it might be just as scary
The wrapping of ecological disaster with fears of rampant immigration is a narrative that has flourished in far-right fringe movements in Europe and the US.
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theintercept.com
Stuck in the smoke as billionaires blast off
Climate inaction was never really about denial. Rich countries just thought poorer countries would bear the brunt of the crisis.
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Climate scientists, what keeps you up at night?
From atmospheric physicists to urban climatologists, DW spoke to researchers who study the many and varied aspects of climate change about what concerns them most as our planet heats up.
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In Mauritius, locals united to keep an oil spill at bay
To contain the oil threatening their environment and economy, hundreds of volunteers gathered to make DIY booms.
www.nytimes.com
Israel’s beaches are littered with tar after mysterious oil spill
The environmental damage is being called one of Israel’s worst ecological disasters in decades. “I feel like I want to cry,” said an official. “It’s everywhere.”
This stranded Venezuelan oil tanker is a potential disaster. Here's what we know
After the U.S. tightened sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil company, more than a million barrels of crude oil were abandoned offshore.
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