While the U.S., EU and their allies are enabling Rojava—the strongest force against Islamic State— to fall, it is vital for internationalists to continue to support this beacon of democracy and liberation.
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Meatless Mondays: How Norway's Army Is Eating Less Flesh to Fight Climate Change
Norwegian troops will eat only vegetarian meals on Mondays, cutting meat consumption by about 330,000 pounds per year in an effort to reduce the overwhelming amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused by global livestock production.
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Activists Lock Down in Oklahoma to Highlight Tar Sands "Sacrifice Zones"
Two activists locked themselves inside a revolving door at the Devon Tower in Oklahoma City in protest of Devon’s involvement in tar sands extraction and fracking.
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Clock Ticking, British Columbia Residents Rally to Oppose New Coal Terminal
Combined coal exports from the Fraser Surrey Docks and the recently approved Neptune Terminal would reach 14 million metric tons per year, and the "streamlined" process of environmental review has meant less time for public input.
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A Consumer Guide for Boycotting Factory Farms
There are plenty of reasons to boycott factory farms, including the top two: your health and animal welfare. But the big-picture reason is this. The only way to feed the world and restore climate stability is to restore efficiency to our food system.
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Mexican Senate Votes to Privatize Oil Industry As Legislators Padlock Doors in Protest
Mexico's Senate has overwhelmingly approved an energy reform to permit the biggest oil industry opening in 75 years, sending it to the lower house where leftists padlocked doors to the chamber to stop lawmakers from debating the bill.
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More Than 15 Million Americans Now Live Within 1 Mile Of a Fracking Well
A recent Reuters analysis uncovered the unsettling trend of home developers keeping the rights to oil and gas reserves under the houses they sell — in many cases without notifying the homes’ buyers outright, then leasing the land to fracking companies.
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Can Washington State Lower Its Emissions Through New Climate Workgroup?
Because fossil fuel money sits in the coffers of so many of our legislators, even in liberal Washington State, the political reality is one of endless bad-faith studies — and profitability as the ultimate measure of a climate policy’s value.
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"Cowboys and Indians" Camp Together Building Alliance Against Keystone XL Pipeline
At the Ponca Trail of Tears Spiritual Camp in northeastern Nebraska, tribal members and ranchers determined to prevent construction of the tar sands pipeline through their land are learning to understand each other as never before.
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88% of Congress On Gas Industry Payroll As Campaign Donations Hit Record Level
A new report shows politicians' campaign cash from the natural gas industry has soared 231% in states that frack, and more than doubled even in the states that don't. Fact: seven of eight U.S. Congress members are on the gas industry's payroll.
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Revealed: ALEC Seeks Legislation to Punish Solar Power Users as "Freeriders"
The alliance of corporations and ultra-right activists known as the American Legislative Exchange Council is attempting to penalize homeowners who install solar panels on their houses and to block clean energy developments across the U.S.
