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Amazon deforestation could speed up in 2020: Expert
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Amazon deforestation could speed up in 2020: Expert

Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon rainforest threatens to accelerate and draw increased global concern since no new fire prevention measures have been taken in the crucial run-up to this year's dry season, according to Tasso Azevedo, coordinator of a group called MapBiomas that monitors the rate of forest destruction.

Environmental groups take France to court over climate change inaction
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Environmental groups take France to court over climate change inaction

Environmental groups including Greenpeace and Oxfam have filed an unprecedented court action against the French government, accusing it of insufficient policy actions to tackle climate change.

Solutions
A very vegan New Year: increasing numbers sign up for meat-free resolution

A very vegan New Year: increasing numbers sign up for meat-free resolution

As rising numbers of people start 2019 vowing to go vegan for environmental and other reasons, chefs, restaurants and supermarkets are jumping on the often-ridiculed bandwagon.

Politics
Friends of the Earth says to sue Shell over climate change

Friends of the Earth says to sue Shell over climate change

Friends of the Earth plans to file a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell, accusing the oil company of failing to act on climate change, the environmental activist group said on Tuesday.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Trump plan to void climate endangerment finding threatens health of Black neighborhoods

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Small solar expansion could slash U.S. power-sector carbon by 8.5 million metric tons

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US–EU energy pact may entrench Europe’s fossil fuel reliance

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New EPA proposal aims to strike down landmark climate "endangerment finding"

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Wildfire burns historic Grand Canyon lodge as toxic gas leak complicates response

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Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

CLIMATE
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EPA gives drillers an 18-month reprieve on methane leak controls

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Svalbard permafrost thaw unleashes methane and speeds Arctic warming