We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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Trump Gives Green Light To Keystone, Dakota Access Pipelines
Well, that was fast.
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From Holland to Finland to Scotland, Basic Income Could Be a Reality Across Europe
One of the driving forces behind the basic income proposals in Scotland is the Fairer Fife Commission, which aims to tackle social inequality through living wage, living rent and basic income programs so that no worker lives in poverty.
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President Obama Has Commuted Chelsea Manning’s Sentence
While not technically a pardon, the order reduces Manning’s sentence from 35 years to just over seven years.
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Nicaragua Joins Clean Energy Revolution, Vows 90% Renewables by 2020
In 2012, Nicaragua invested the fifth highest percentage worldwide of its GDP in developing renewable energy, and now it is reaping the benefits.
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Washington Rejects Major Coal Export Terminal – Resounding "No" to Fossil Fuels
Last week's decision deals a serious blow to the Millennium Bulk Terminals project – which has already experienced the bankruptcy filing of its parent firm Arch Coal, in the latest of several blows to the fossil fuel industry in the Northwest.
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New York Governor Proposes Free Tuition Plan at State Colleges
Under Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan, which he called the first of its kind in the nation, the state would cover tuition for any student from a family earning less than $125,000 a year by 2019.
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Reducing Inequality in the Trump Era
With Washington looking hopeless, it's up to local communities to close the gap between the richest and the rest.
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Obama Permanently Protects Huge Portions of Arctic, Atlantic from Offshore Drilling
The Obama administration announced Tuesday that 98% of U.S.-controlled Arctic waters will be permanently withheld from any future oil and gas leasing, along with 3.8 million acres along the Atlantic coast.
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American Youth Make Fossil Fuel Industry Confront Climate Science in Federal Court
The Juliana v. U.S. decision could be a legal game-changer, as it challenges the entire fossil-fuel policy of the U.S.
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Divestment Movement Grows to $5 Trillion in Assets
Nearly 690 institutions and 58,400 individuals representing at least $5 trillion in assets have now committed to purging their investments from fossil fuel companies, a new report said.
