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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EPA Issues Sweeping Rules Protecting America's Drinking Water, Streams and Wetlands
Drinking water for 117 million Americans will be protected under new rules shielding small streams, tributaries and wetlands from pollution and development.
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Senator Who Owns Stock in Coal Utilities is Fighting EPA Carbon Rules
Millionaire senator David Vitter just released an report designed to skewer the EPA, but he forgot to mention that he stands to lose economically if the proposed Obama's carbon rules are implemented.
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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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Protecting Consumers, California Bypasses Feds to Regulate Toxic Chemicals
The state's new Safer Consumer Products Regulations are a first in the country, in which published lists of threatening chemicals will lead to their removal from consumer products — an action EPA regulators have failed to take.
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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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Life at the End of the Pipeline: Fighting Tar Sands in Houston's East End
Can the climate justice and other U.S. social movements better support communities of color like Manchester, Texas, which are already bearing a disproportionate burden of tar sands refining, pollution and the illnesses that come with it?
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Exposed: Fracking in Floodplains Led to Major Oil Spill in Colorado River
Tanks used to store waste liquid from frack drilling operations were tipped over and damaged from the severe flooding that hit Colorado, exemplifying the danger of fracking in floodplains.
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Revealed: American Chemistry Council Is Smothering Toxic Reform Bills in the States
Fueled by this $100-million-a-year advocacy group glittered with Fortune 500 partners, the chemical industry is flexing its muscles from statehouse to statehouse to beat back efforts at harmful chemical disclosures.
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Exposed: Cost of Enbridge Oil Spill in Kalamazoo Tops $1 Billion
The Canadian company responsible for the mega-tar sands oil spill in 2010 violated laws involving pipeline management, procedural manuals for operations and maintenance, public awareness and accident reporting, among others.
