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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We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN
A landmark report on Monday from the United Nations’ scientific panel on climate change says urgent changes are needed to cut the risk of extreme heat, drought, floods and poverty.
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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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Coal-Free By 2025: Why Denmark Leads the Global Fight Against Climate Change
The Nordic nation of 5.6 million has been at the forefront of wind power innovation since the 1890s, when one of its leading scientists, Poul la Cour, began testing turbines.
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Fracking in British Columbia Is Running Wild – Rivaling Tar Sands Emissions
With a current gas boom producing some 73 million tons of greenhouse gases a year, British Columbia’s natural gas emissions could nearly equal those of Alberta’s tar sands by as early as 2020.
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Why U.S. Fracking Companies are Licking Their Lips Over Ukraine
From climate change to Crimea, the natural gas industry is supreme at exploiting crisis for private gain.
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News Roundup: Corporations Demand Carbon Cap, While Harvard Professors Urge Divestment
Landmark UN analysis concludes that a global roll-out of clean energy would shave only a tiny fraction off economic growth while diverting hundred of billions of dollars away from fossil fuels.
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Why I Support #WaveOfAction
This really is the “final exam” for our species – and we must rise to the challenge by building a planetary movement of civil society toward rapid, systemic change.
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UN Climate Panel Casts Dire Picture In New Report
Climate change has already cut into the global food supply and is fueling wars and natural disasters, and governments are unprepared to protect populations.
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Stepping Forward, American Scientists Warn of “Irreversible Changes” from Climate
The world is at growing risk of abrupt, unpredictable and potentially irreversible changes because of a warming climate, America’s premier scientific society warned.
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To Save Ourselves, Is It Time for a Global Climate Insurgency?
The action of the Arctic 30 wasn't just a protest on an Arctic oil platform. It may be prophetic of something more: the emergence of a global insurgency that challenges the very legitimacy of those who are destroying our planet.
