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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People's Climate March In September: An Invitation To Change Everything
In the run-up to the People's Climate March in New York City on Sept. 20-21 – slated to be the largest climate march in U.S. history – the Climate Convergence will draw thousands from across the world.
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Communities Of Color Tackle Climate As "Our Power" Movement Heats Up Richmond
The Bay Area city hosts a four-day gathering this week bringing social activists together from across America to share strategies and solutions to today's economic-ecological crises.
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Decision to Frack Britain's Parks Takes Industry Influence To New Extremes
Despite UK minsters asserting the alleged economic benefits of fracking, many in Britain question the government’s new plan that puts human health, safety and the country's natural beauty at stake.
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Indigenous Blockade of B.C. Pipeline Spurs Apache Corp To Abandon Kitimat Gas Project
Houston-based Apache Corporation said it will exit the joint project with Chevron just one month after Premier Christy Clark took a tour of the site.
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New Wiki Opens Data on 4 Million Oil & Gas Wells Across North America
"We're not doing anything the regulators can't do themselves if they were so inclined."
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Uranium Corporation Of India Is Killing Children – But Refuses To Admit It
Even as uranium mining devastates communities in the state of Jharkhand, India, in the grip of promised growth, is choosing to look away.
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Subsidy Madness: U.S. Taxpayers Still Spending $21 Billion to Fund Big Oil and Gas
At least two-thirds of fossil fuel reserves need to stay in the ground to avoid catastrophic climate impacts – so let's end the massive subsidies that encourage their production.
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Revealed: Newfound Threat to Tar Sands Projects In Salt Formations
Researchers have found a key factor in the Alberta steam fracking disasters – and no geological seal exists to prevent industry-made fractures caused by high-pressurized steam injections from erupting to the surface.
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British Doctors Vote To Divest From Fossil Fuels
The British Medical Association joins a growing movement of institutions – including dozens of universities, foundations and even the World Council of Churches – dumping oil, coal and gas holdings.
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Unions Gear Up for Climate Mega-March
With 400,000 members and 85,000 retirees, SEIU 1199 is among the biggest unions to sign up so far for the People's Climate March in New York in September.
