Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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Occupy the Green Party: Why Support for Britain's Political Left Is Surging
Why are people finally sitting up and taking notice of the Greens? Occupy.com spoke to new party members and key party figures.
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Thousands of Californians March In Largest Ever Anti-Frack Protest, Calling For Statewide Ban
Californians marched Saturday through downtown Oakland calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to fulfill his promise as a climate leader by enacting an all-out ban on fracking in the state.
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Berea Is Burning: Fracking, Fires and the Grassroots Action That's Inflamed Kentucky
Energy companies are quietly scrambling to lease mineral rights from eastern Kentuckian landowners, but this time they’re not after coal – and an activist community is rising to challenge corporate interests.
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As the People of Britain Rise Against Fracking, A U.K. Shale Gas Industry Is Crumbling
Scottish government led the charge last week announcing a moratorium on fracking across Scotland, and widespread public opposition is halting the U.K. government’s plans to drill across Britain.
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Saving Our World With Big Ideas – Now Or Never On Climate Change
It's time to call out with very loud voices for what we really need: a global energy revolution accompanied by a global land use revolution – because nothing less will do.
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Pressured By Monsanto, Europe Backtracks On GMOs As Food Fight Shifts
Under planned legislation, expected to be finalized in March, E.U. member states would not be able to block the planting of GMOs through use of domestic health or environmental regulations.
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Keystone XL Pipeline Would Destroy Our Native Lands – This Is Why We Fight
The Oceti Sakowin people are mobilizing a resistance that could be the game changer in the fight to stop the proposed Keystone pipeline and help shut down the tar sand projects in northern Alberta.
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Solar Is Now Cheaper Than Grid Electricity In 80% of Large U.S. Cities
Most Americans are unaware of the true financial value of solar today.
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In Latest Pipeline Disaster, 50,000 Gallons Of Crude Oil Spills Into Yellowstone River
Some residents are reportedly smelling and tasting oil in their drinking water, causing the EPA to test water samples and the city water plant to cease drawing water from the river.
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After Hottest Year On Record, Is the Climate Movement at a Tipping Point?
Could right now, 2015, be a moment in history akin to the 1964-1965 period for the civil rights movement – when we escalate strategic, nonviolent direct actions as massive and coordinated as we can make them?
