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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France's Largest Bank Halts Shale Oil Financing, Expands Funds for Renewables
BNP Paribas pledged to stop financing shale and oil sands projects in support of global efforts to tackle climate change – making it the first large bank to blacklist the world's dirtiest fossil fuels.
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Fightback Begins Over Trump's "Illegal and Irresponsible" Clean Power Repeal
New York AG Eric Schneiderman said he'll sue the Trump administration to prevent its “irresponsible and illegal efforts to turn back the clock on public health,” and more than a dozen states stand behind him. So do Apple, Amazon, Google and others.
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Catholic Church to Make Record Divestment From Fossil Fuels
More than 40 Catholic institutions will make the largest ever faith-based divestment, on the anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi.
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Activists Demand Climate Refugees Be Recognized
A 2015 tidal surge caused the sea to flood across the islands of Kiribati, the small Pacific island nation chain of atolls that could be the first national homeland lost completely to climate change.
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What Exxon Mobil Didn’t Say About Climate Change
Even while Exxon Mobil scientists were contributing to climate science and writing reports that explained it to their bosses, the company was paying for advertisements that told a very different tale.
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Coastal Communities Sue 37 Oil, Gas and Coal Companies Over Climate Change
Similar to the tobacco lawsuits of the 1990s, the California lawsuits argue that the companies failed to warn about dangers from their products.
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Just 100 Companies Are Responsible for 71% of Global Emissions
A relatively small number of fossil fuel producers and their investors could hold the key to tackling climate change.
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Ranchers Fight Keystone XL Pipeline by Building Solar Panels in Its Path
It's one of several creative protests against pipeline companies trying to use eminent domain to take private land. A Nebraska hearing is planned for August.
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Biggest Banks Fueling Climate Disaster With Billions Poured Into "Extreme Fossil Fuels"
"To keep the planet under 1.5 degrees of global warming and stop human rights violations, banks must stop financing extreme fossil fuels. Our planet just can't take it."
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Over 1,400 U.S. Cities, States and Businesses Vow to Meet Paris Climate Commitments
As soon as Trump announced he was abandoning the Paris climate agreement, mayors and governors started stepping up. Trump may be out, but America isn't, they say.
