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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Paris Prospects: The Shadow of Extinction Over the City of Light
Many scientists believe an extinction paradigm is in progress: ongoing for decades, everywhere present – and mostly ignored by world leadership.
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The Frack Rebellion Is Now: Breaking the Law In Order To Uphold It
These activists are waging a war against a corporate state that is deaf and blind to the rights of its citizens and the imperative to protect the ecosystem – and they're being monitored, demonized and criminalized in the process.
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Interior Department Halts Arctic Offshore Drilling Leases
The Friday news follows a Sept. 28 announcement by Shell that it would cease exploration in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas after spending $7 billion on Arctic exploration.
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Why Climate Justice Activists Are Preparing to Hack the UN Summit in Paris
A new EJOLT report demonstrates how the decentralized global climate justice movement is opposing fracking, new pipelines, offshore oil drilling, and dirty coal, racking up victories and gaining strength in the process.
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How Michigan’s Emergency Management Law Poisoned Flint’s Children
If Michiganders are looking for someone to blame for the travesty in Flint, they need look no further than governor and the emergency manager he appointed, who unilaterally made a decision that jeopardized thousands.
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Redline Rebellion: Activists Vow Largest Climate Civil Disobedience Ever at Paris Summit
Thousands of climate change campaigners have promised to blockade a major UN climate summit in Paris with what they say will be non-violent direct action on a scale Europe has not seen before.
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Citizen Activists Drive the Fight for Clean Water in Flint, Michigan
It’s not the government, but private citizens and researchers who have been battling to reveal dangerous lead levels.
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Wars Profit the 1%, Part III: How Armed Conflict Drives Climate Change
Oil and the war business are as connected to each other as they are tied to capitalism – which is why, to tackle climate change, we need to dismantle both.
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In a Win for the Climate Movement, Shell Freezes Arctic Drilling
The oil giant abandoned its Arctic search for oil after failing to find enough crude, representing a big defeat for Big Oil after months of sustained protests.
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After Record Pollution, Parisians See Blue Sky As Climate Summit's Host Goes Car-Free
A rise in air pollution this year made France's capital the most polluted city in the world – so when Mayor Anne Hidalgo launched the idea of a car-free day, carbon exhaust was top of the agenda with the COP-21 conference close at hand.
