The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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A Radical Alliance of Black and Green Could Save the World
A beautiful thing is happening: Advocates for racial justice and for environmental protection are coming together in a new way.
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San Francisco Becomes First Major City to Require Solar Panels on New Buildings
Starting Jan. 1 of next year, new commercial and residential buildings here up to 10 stories high must install rooftop solar systems for heat or electricity – making San Francisco the first major U.S. city to enact such legislation.
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The Climate Hour Is Late – Time To Rapidly Break Free From Fossil Fuels
After many years of political system failure, we can rely only on a massive people power wave capable of making demands for fundamental and rapid system change.
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Victory In Landmark Climate Case As Oregon Judge Rules for Future Generations
In what Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein called the “most important lawsuit on the planet right now,” 21 plaintiffs under the age of 19 sued the federal government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty and property.
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Combat Climate Change? There’s an App for That
Now there’s an app for monitoring the carbon footprint of our food choices, and the Melbourne-based climate action group Less Meat Less Heat will have you craning your neck to see what’s on other people’s plates.
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Sea Levels Set to "Rise Far More Rapidly Than Expected"
New research factors in collapsing Antarctic ice sheet that could double the sea-level rise to two metres by 2100 if emissions are not cut.
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Our Water, Our Future: Small Oregon Town Fights Back Against Another Nestle Water Grab
For years, local activists have been fighting to keep Nestlé, the world’s largest water bottler, from building a bottling facility on the magnificent Columbia River Gorge, essentially privatizing a public resource. Now you can help them in that battle.
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Global Warming’s Terrifying New Chemistry
Our leaders thought fracking would save our climate. They were wrong. Very wrong.
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As Climate Crisis Deepens, Environment Remains Off the Mainstream Radar
It seems little consolation that some day, not far in the future, activists will be able to say “I told you so” to all those who downplayed or denied the existence of global warming – none of whom will be immune to the consequences.
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Mohawk Nation Vows To Block TransCanada's Energy East Pipeline
An alliance of indigenous nations, from coast to coast, is being formed against all the pipeline, rail and tanker projects that would make possible the continued expansion of tar sands.
