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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Fracking is Coming to California Unless the People Stop It
Fracking the 15 billion barrels of oil discovered in the Monterey Shale deposit will add 6.8 million tons of carbon pollution to the atmosphere — delaying California's landmark Global Warming Solutions Act by 80 years.
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Houston’s Most Polluted Neighborhood Draws the Line at Alberta Tar Sands
If the Keystone XL pipeline is approved, 90 percent of the tar sands crude that flows through it will be processed near an embattled Houston neighborhood called Manchester.
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Are People Living Near Fracking Sites Getting Sick?
It's a simple question.
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From Housing to Health Care, 7 Co-ops That Are Changing Our Economy
Here's how manufacturers, retailers, restaurants and others are doing business the cooperative way.
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Renewable Energy—a Jobs Producer—Wins Vote in North Carolina
The Tarheel State's economy lost more than 100,000 jobs from 2007 to 2012, but clean energy development led to a net gain in employment of 21,162 "job years"—a factor that helped legislators defeat ALEC and House Bill 298.
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19-Year-Old Kennedy: Why It’s Worth Going to Jail to Stop Keystone XL
Ever since I chained myself to the White House fence with 47 other protestors urging President Obama to kill the Keystone pipeline, people have asked me why I felt so strongly about the issue.
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11 U.S. Cities Push to Dump Fossil Fuel Investments
Mayors and city councils in nearly a dozen cities announced their interest in withdrawing municipal investments from fossil fuel companies.
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Greenpeace Launches Whistleblower Site for Oil Workers
The group launched The Arctic Truth to attract whistleblowers from oil companies to reveal risks associated with drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic.
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In Oklahoma, Blockader Encases Arm In Concrete to Halt Keystone XL Construction
A member of the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance shut down pipeline construction Thursday morning with a daring act of civil disobedience.
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Nestle's CEO Says Water Is Not a Human Right
Raking in $35 billion in annual profits from water bottle sales alone is not enough for Nestle—its Chairman wants corporations to own every last drop of water on the planet.
