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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Why Two Massive Solar Projects Could Transform Energy In the Southwest
Two enormous solar thermal power plants are coming online, proving that solar is happening.
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"Ag-Gag" Laws Criminalize Whistleblowers Who Expose Factory Farm Abuse
"Ag-gag” laws seek to silence people who reveal what goes on behind factory farm closed doors, labeling them "eco-terrorists."
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Of Moose and Madness: What the Die-Off Means
The moose die-off is new, complex and often described by the same word people use when they mention climate change: mysterious. That insects like the tick can be a major force wiping out the mighty moose is worth pondering.
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40 Arrests, Police Turn Violent, As Frack Protest Continues in New Brunswick
Since Sept. 30, activists and members of the Elsipogtog and Mi'kmaq First Nations tribes have blocked a New Brunswick road used by employees of the energy company SWN Resources Canada, which wants to frack the area.
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Last Hours: A Final Wakeup Call For Humanity
This 10-minute film describes a terrifying science-based scenario where runaway climate change is triggered by massive releases of methane from melting arctic ice, northern tundra and vast undersea clathrate pools.
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Will Hawaii’s Big Island Ban GMO Farming?
The Big Island of Hawaii County Council will consider a bill that would prohibit open-air growing of genetically modified organisms and end biotech experiments on the island.
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Welcome to Commonomics: Learning to Build Local, Self-Reliant Economies
When it comes to sustainability and localism, people excluded from policymaking often have the most innovative ideas for building strength.
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Nearly 1 Million Gallons of Fracked Oil Spilled in North Dakota
Over 20,000 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale spilled from a pipeline in North Dakota in September, but the agency tasked with responding to chemical and oil spills did not make the report available until last week.
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Moms For Labeling Fined $10,000 in Washington's GMO Showdown
A group of mothers has been fined $10,000 for suing the Grocery Manufacturers Association for its violation of state campaign finance laws.
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Message from Mexico to Occupy Wall Street: Stop the TPP!
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is the most anti-democratic international tool of dispossession and exploitation designed in human history, allowing multinational corporations’ rights to supersede the constitutional provisions of all countries and peoples’ rights.
