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The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Pricing the Carbon: Senators Boxer and Sanders Introduce New Climate Legislation
The new bill, which is the first since cap and trade failed to pass the Senate in 2009, would put a $20/ton fee on carbon, raising trillions of dollars to offset impacts on consumers and create new investment in renewable energy sources.
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Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Reach New Record
Between 1990 and 2011 there was a 30 percent increase in radiative forcing—the warming effect on our climate—because of CO2 and other heat-trapping long-lived gases.
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Opposition to Fracking Mounts in Europe
The first coordinated international day of action against fracking on September 22—Global Frackdown—will unite activists on five continents through more than 100 events to call for a ban on hydraulic fracturing in their communities.
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By infecting three of the world’s most right-wing leaders, the coronavirus underscored not only the incompetence and irresponsibility of their governments – but the truth that their brand of populism doesn't keep people safe.
Corporations are not "too big to fail" and, when they commit crimes, they are not "too big to jail." As David Whyte writes in his new book, "Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before It Kills Us," the moment is now to rein in out-of-control corporate power.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
By infecting three of the world’s most right-wing leaders, the coronavirus underscored not only the incompetence and irresponsibility of their governments – but the truth that their brand of populism doesn't keep people safe.
Corporations are not "too big to fail" and, when they commit crimes, they are not "too big to jail." As David Whyte writes in his new book, "Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before It Kills Us," the moment is now to rein in out-of-control corporate power.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
