Climate justice takes centre stage, as US Presidential election heats up

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Senator Kamala Harris teams up with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to table Climate Equity Act, as leading candidate up decarbonisation plans

The 2020 US election looks set to deliver either the greenest or the dirtiest President in American history. President Trump's playbook is already clear: tear up environmental policies, while parroting...

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