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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

With the minimum reached, the remaining sea ice that survives the year has had its birthday, aging one year. Ice that survives for at least one year is called multi-year ice, sometimes perennial ice, which gives an indication of the health of the ice at the end of the melt season. Sea level rising (not because of melting).

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How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning

DeSmogBlog

Some of these scientists were actively engaged in research to discredit the idea that cigarette smoking was a health risk, but most of it was more subtle; the industry supported research on causes of cancer and heart disease other than tobacco, such as radon, asbestos, and diet. Don’t Call It Methane, It’s ‘Natural’ Gas.

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Nevertheless, lawyers are building cases on the oil industry’s own documents , seeking to echo the success of a previous generation of lawsuits against tobacco companies for covering up the health risks of smoking. He died in 2008. This fast-evolving legal strategy has placed a premium on new archival research.