The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Scholars Issue "Islamic Declaration On Climate Change" Calling on Muslims to Fight Global Warming
The declaration cites Islamic teachings and urges Muslims to phase out greenhouse gas emissions and commit to renewable energy.
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Thin Green Line: How Oil and Gas Are Losing the War for the West
Due to burgeoning resistance movements, the Cascadia region in the Pacific Northwest has proven to be extraordinarily challenging for companies seeking to make it a carbon energy export hub.
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Pope's Climate Push At Oodds with U.S. Catholic Oil Investments
Some of the largest American Catholic organizations have millions of dollars invested in energy companies, from hydraulic fracturing firms to oil sands producers.
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A Fireball Exploded In This Man’s Face, and Now He’s Suing The Fracking Operation
Cody Murray, his father, wife, and four-year-old daughter were all burned by a fireball after methane built up in his pump house and exploded.
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Message From Blockadia: "Coal, Oil and Gas – None Shall Pass"
The faith community, tattooed young folk, retirees and other people from all walks of life agree: business as usual is inconsistent with survival, and we’re prepared to give it our all to stop it.
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Obama's Clean Power Plan Hailed As America's Strongest Ever Climate Action
The rules are expected to trigger a “tsunami” of legal opposition from states and utilities who oppose the plans, which will significantly boost wind and solar power generation and force a switch away from coal power.
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The Road to Athabasca: Why I’m Biking To the Tar Sands
Through discovery of place, through story, and through personal connection with people along the way, we are journeying 1,100 miles to the tar sands of Alberta – and are asking for your support in our venture.
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Oil and Gas Industry Fueling Legislation That Could Rip Apart Endangered Species Act
A spate of bills attached with riders are moving through Congress that would dismantle the historic law by transferring authority from the federal level to the states – inaugurating an era of unrestrained development.
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100,000 German Beekeepers Demand Ban On G.M.O.'s to Prevent Colony Collapse
The call for a ban follows controversial legislation allowing E.U. member states to opt-out of GM cultivation, even though it has been approved at the European Union level.
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Largest Leak In 35 Years – 1.3 Million Gallon Tar Sands Spill Pollutes Canada
The leak, which was discovered Wednesday afternoon, is the largest pipeline spill in Alberta in 35 years.
