The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
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Hawaii's Fight Against GMO's Rages On
Most people know Hawaii for its beautiful beaches, world-class surfing and delicious Kona coffee, but the islands are also ground zero for GE crops – and last week various counties were in court to defend themselves against them.
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New Age of Enlightenment: Why Climate Change Needs 60,000 Artists to Tell its Story
Climate change is such a big problem, we need artists to mobilize on a huge scale to render it comprehensible.
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Obama Mercury Air Pollution Rule
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned aside the latest effort by a group of states led by Michigan to block Obama administration environmental regulations limiting power plant emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants.
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Want to See Cities Build a Sustainable, Low-Carbon Future? Check Out Portland
The thriving hub of Oregon has developed a broad set of policies and programs to achieve its ambitious emissions reduction targets.
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Climate Justice from the Ground Up: 6 Ballot Initiatives to Watch in 2016
These ballot measures are noteworthy because they don’t just regulate emissions or mandate transitions – they help the economically insecure, create incentives for individual change, and reassert local authority over corporate polluters.
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Trump acknowledges climate change —at his golf course
The billionaire who called global warming a hoax is now warning of its dire effects in his company's application to build a sea wall to protect Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Ireland in County Clare.
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Portland school board bans climate change-denying materials
In a move spearheaded by environmentalists, the Portland Public Schools board unanimously approved a resolution aimed at eliminating doubt of climate change and its causes in schools.
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People Power Just Trumped Corporate Power: Oregon County Rejects Nestle Water-Grab
Voters in one Oregon county last week approved a ban on commercial bottled water production, stopping a years-long effort by Swiss transnational Nestle to sell over 100 million gallons of water a year from the Columbia River Gorge.
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Cracks in Capitalism, Part II: Publicly Owned Energy Comes to London
Switched On London, a publicly owned, democratically controlled energy company, intends to provide greener, cheaper electricity to millions of residents in the British capital, signaling a potential sea change in the way big cities produce power.
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Breaking Free: 12 Days of Protest Open a Summer of Environmental Discontent
Global international actions this month aimed at halting fossil fuel extraction have ranged from North America to Nigeria to New Zealand and the message throughout is clear: we must act urgently to end humanity’s reliance on coal, oil and gas.
