"Amid the pomp and circumstance of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on Friday, in between the fireworks and musical acts,...came a more somber message. In primetime, with the world watching, Brazil showed a video focused on the problem of global warming and climate change."
"The United Nations has tried to cover up its involvement in the Australian government’s successful attempt to have all mentions of the country removed from a report on climate change and world heritage sites, freedom of information documents show."
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"At the award-winning seafood restaurant in downtown Cleveland that The Atlantic rented out for the entire four-day Republican National Convention, GOP Rep. Bill Johnson turned to me and explained that solar panels are not a viable energy source because 'the sun goes down.'"
"The fate of a mysterious hummingbird — and that of the indigenous population that shares its territory — hangs by a thread."
"Organizations worried about climate change have long drawn comparisons between the petroleum and tobacco industries, arguing that each has minimized public health damages of its products to operate unchecked."
"As state attorneys general of N.Y. and Mass. bristle at Rep. Lamar Smith's subpeonas, the legal stakes get higher as the process becomes even more political."
Authorities in both Cleveland and Philadelphia placed new restrictions on media covering the Republican convention, including banning gas masks, backpacks and bags bigger than 18" x 13" x 7" — which severely cramps broadcast journalists' ability to carry electronic gear.
"The Union of Concerned Scientists will continue to object to House Republicans' requests for documents and communications on climate change, the nonprofit group's president said."
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