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Hundreds of Thousands Protest Worldwide Pushing for Aggressive Deal In Paris
Over the weekend, more 600,000 people took to the streets in 175 countries around the world to call for a strong, binding agreement in Paris that will see a swift transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
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Only People Power Can Save the Planet
People on the ground in communities across the nation are standing up to big energy, corrupt government and extreme extraction – and they are having an impact.
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Why Climate Justice Activists Are Preparing to Hack the UN Summit in Paris
A new EJOLT report demonstrates how the decentralized global climate justice movement is opposing fracking, new pipelines, offshore oil drilling, and dirty coal, racking up victories and gaining strength in the process.
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Redline Rebellion: Activists Vow Largest Climate Civil Disobedience Ever at Paris Summit
Thousands of climate change campaigners have promised to blockade a major UN climate summit in Paris with what they say will be non-violent direct action on a scale Europe has not seen before.
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The Triumph of Occupy Wall Street
Nearly four years after the precipitous rise of Occupy Wall Street, the movement so many thought had disappeared has instead splintered and regrown into a variety of focused causes.
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How the "Flood Wall Street" Trial Changed the Game Of Policing
By ordering protesters to leave the entire Wall Street area, police violated protesters’ First Amendment right to carry their message directly to its intended recipients: the Wall Street bankers who bankroll climate change, a judge ruled.
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Don't Just Veto Keystone – Stop the Pipeline Permanently
Using his veto power for only the third time, Obama offered no indication of whether he'll eventually permit construction of the pipeline that has become a flashpoint in the U.S. debate about environmental policy and climate change.
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Canadian Government Targets "Anti-Petroleum Movement" As A Growing Security Threat
New legislation would expand the ability of government agencies to infiltrate environmental groups on the suspicion that they are promoting civil disobedience or other criminal acts to oppose resource projects.
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Global Divestment Day - February 13th & 14th: Breaking Up With Fossil Fuels
Thousands are coming together around the world this weekend to move our public money out of fossil fuels and demand that institutions, and individuals, do what's necessary to save our climate and our future.
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Thousands of Californians March In Largest Ever Anti-Frack Protest, Calling For Statewide Ban
Californians marched Saturday through downtown Oakland calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to fulfill his promise as a climate leader by enacting an all-out ban on fracking in the state.
