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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Fossil Fuel Lobby Spent $213 Million Last Year to Influence U.S. and E.U. Politicians
The new 40-page report published by Oxfam International also said the global fossil fuel sector now receives $1.9 trillion in subsidies each year.
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How the Waltons of Walmart Are Obstructing Our Clean Energy Future
The nation's richest family is funding nearly two dozen organizations working to roll back renewable energy policies, while pushing for regulations aimed at hindering the growth of rooftop solar power.
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Now Is the Moment To Win the Battle Over the Tar Sands
"Peoples' movements will either succeed in transforming our economic and political systems to build a new world, or we will burn with the old one."
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Climate Change Economics and the Global Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement
As of September 19, 181 institutions and local governments and 656 individuals representing over $50 billion in assets have pledged to divest from fossil fuels.
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Proposed Fracked Gas Pipeline Sparks Opposition In Virginia and West Virginia
If construction crews come on 78-year-old Virginia landowner Andrew Gantt's property, “Then I’ll lie down under their bulldozer. I’m serious.”
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Anti-Fracking Protests Go Global As Europeans Refuse Corporate Trade Pact
Thousands marched in dozens of countries last weekend to reject fracking while more than 1,000 actions occurred across Europe in opposition to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
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Cuomo Administration Edited and Delayed Fracking Study
The report, commissioned by New York state in 2011, was going to result in a number of politically inconvenient truths for the governor.
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What the Cowboy-Indian Alliance Means for America and the Climate Movement
The alliance that's developed in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline has had far-reaching effects beyond environmental concerns – digging into America's colonial, racist legacy.
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Why the Battle Against the Tar Sands Is About to Change
Over the past few months, resistance to the tar sands has not only grown in leaps and bounds – it is changing the dynamics of the entire fight in Canada and beyond.
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150 Protesters Disrupt Coal And Rail Operations In Southeast Australia
Activists chained themselves to access points at the Maules Creek project as others scaled the coal loader at the Werris Creek mine, and one protestor climbed a tripod to block mining access.
