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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Coalitions March in 200 U.S. Cities to "Draw the Line" Against Keystone Pipeline
400 demonstrators marched through Manhattan's Financial District and surrounded the Keystone pipeline's largest financiers with a blue line to show where the waters of the Hudson and East River will soon lap.
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Exposed: Fracking in Floodplains Led to Major Oil Spill in Colorado River
Tanks used to store waste liquid from frack drilling operations were tipped over and damaged from the severe flooding that hit Colorado, exemplifying the danger of fracking in floodplains.
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Dozens of Greenpeace Activists Arrested at Gunpoint As Russians Storm Arctic Ship
Armed Russian military stormed the Arctic Sunrise, a Greenpeace ship protesting against Gazprom oil exploitation in remote Arctic waters, arresting 25.
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How Poverty Taxes the Brain
Scientists have discovered that being poor actually impairs our cognitive abilities.
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Pennsylvania State Senator Announces Fracking Moratorium Legislation
More than 14,000 fracking permits already issued in Pennsylvania are in various stages of operation. This week, State Senator Jim Ferlo introduced a bill to halt any new permits.
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Why the Keystone XL Pipeline Is Just the Latest Abuse of Corporate Power
Solar panel prices and wind turbine prices are down, and electric vehicle battery prices have dropped. So why do we need to develop the Tar Sands?
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Monsanto Spends $4.6 Million to Defeat Washington GMO Labeling Initiative
The campaign for Washington's GMO-labeling initiative is looking a lot like last year's Prop 37 campaign in California, where biotech and agribusiness interests outspent the other side by nearly 5 to 1.
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De-Icing the Myth of Greenland
The scenes now playing out in Greenland's de-icing are like nothing we've ever witnessed before.
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Northwest Resistance: The Moment is Now to Oppose the Millennium Bulk Coal Terminal
If approved for mass coal exports to Asia, the Millennium Bulk Terminal in Longview, Wash., would contribute to 125 million tons of carbon dioxide a year.
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Ice Ride: The Global Bike Ride to Defend the Arctic
On Sept. 15, in more than 30 countries and 75 cities around the world, thousands of people will take to the streets on their bikes to challenge big oil’s plan to drill in the Arctic by participating in the Ice Ride.
