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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Revealed: Majority of Red-State Americans Now Believe Climate Change is Real
Breaking research reveals 87% of Oklahomans and 84% of Texans accept that climate change is occurring.
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Emissions, Climate Change Hit the Heartland As EPA Visits Kansas
Much of the debate in Kansas this week boiled down to a fierce argument over the future of existing coal-fired power plants, pitting supporters of coal against those who say the health of communities and the environment is at stake.
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Shutdown in Pittsburgh As 2,500 Youth March For a Green Economy
More than 2,500 youth activists aligned with Power Shift 2013 took over the Roberto Clemente Bridge and marched through the streets of Pittsburgh to confront corporate polluters and demand a clean, just economy.
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In Government Shutdown, "Nonessential" Federal Workers Are First To Go
On Tuesday, military recruiters, drug enforcement agents and National Weather Service meteorologists will be reporting for duty, while environmental engineers, food inspectors, labor statisticians and off-duty firefighters will not.
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Rebelling Against Massive Use of Pesticides, Brazilians Shift To Organic Foods
One of the reasons Brazilians are now growing, selling and eating high quantities of organics is because the country is the biggest user of pesticides per capita in the world – an unfortunate distinction Brazil has held since 2008.
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Former EPA Directors Tell Government To Act Now on Climate Change
The costs of inaction on climate change are undeniable. The current political debate in Washington is either detail, which we can resolve, or purposeful delay, which we should not tolerate.
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Raising the Battle Over Fossil Fuel Exports in the Northwest
A perverse thing is happening in the Pacific Northwest, where energy corporations are trying to slip their fossil fuel exports through some of the most progressive, environmentally conscious communities in North America.
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In Unusual Setback, the EPA Rejects State Dept's Keystone Pipeline Review
Calling the State Department's 2,000 page oil industry-funded review of the Keystone XL pipeline "insufficient," the EPA rejected it.
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Is Keystone XL Pipeline the "Stonewall" of the Climate Movement?
The narrow window of opportunity that physics provides us makes me doubt that a third party will offer a fast enough answer to come to terms with our changing planet.
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Former Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell Intervened on Behalf of Frackers
A breaking investigation appears to connect the dots between shadowy lobbying efforts by shale gas fracking company Range Resources, and the Obama EPA's decision to shut down a high-profile lawsuit for alleged groundwater contamination.
