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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Rebel Cities 14: In Montevideo, People-Power Keeps Pushing Uruguay's Pink Tide
It legalized marijuana, abortion and gay marriage. It boasts universal healthcare and produces nearly all its energy with renewables. Why is Uruguay so advanced and what can we learn from the country?
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Climate Change Will Cost U.S. More in Economic Damage Than Any Other Country But One
The first country-by-country estimates of the social cost of carbon show who will pay more than their share, and which big emitters face the least economic impact.
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America shows how to tackle climate change from the bottom up
Michael Levitin reports on the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, where ambitious climate action by mayors and state governors was in the spotlight
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"Treating Protest As Terrorism': U.S. Plans Crackdown on Keystone XL Activists
Documents suggest an aggressive response to possible protests against the oil pipeline amid fears of another Standing Rock.
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California Mandates 100 Percent Clean Energy By 2045
In a major environmental milestone, Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed a law requiring California to obtain 100 percent of its electricity from non-polluting sources in under 30 years.
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Rise for Climate: Thousands March Across U.S. to Protest Environment Crisis
Tens of thousands of people took part in nationwide marches on Saturday, calling for a swift transition to renewable energy in order to stave off the various perils of climate change.
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Win for Indigenous Communities As Canadian Court Kills Trans Mountain Pipeline
Canada's Federal Court of Appeals ruled that the controversial Trans Mountain Pipeline, a project of Kinder Morgan, cannot move forward.
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Rebel Cities 12: Valparaiso Shows How Radical Municipalism Must Deal With Our Burning World
In October 2016, Valparaiso, Chile, elected a radical municipalist administration. The city is aware that it is existentially threatened by the fires consuming it, and aims to tackle climate change head on.
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In Wake of Anti-Choice Senate Vote, Argentines Join Movement to Abandon Catholic Church
"Obtaining the vote for women, the divorce law, marriage equality, the gender identity law, the assisted human fertilization law, the law of integral sexual education, the dignified death law were all done fighting clerical power, which seeks to have total dominion over our minds and bodies."
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Paul Gilding: How Do We Continue To Grow If The Earth Has Reached Its Limit?
"the world has been growing too fast for too long. And now...the Earth is full. The only solution, he says, is to radically change the way we consume."
