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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It's the Inequality, Stupid: Achieving Doughnut Economics to Solve Climate Change
There is a safe and just, sweet spot between social and planetary boundaries – and we need to find our way into this doughnut, quickly, by tackling today's vast resource inequalities.
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Why The Climate Fix and the Economic Reboot Will Happen Together
Four years in the making, this Political Economy Research Institute study shows the level of U.S. investment to achieve necessary carbon cut targets and generate 2.7 million new jobs.
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Energy Commission in D.C. Blockaded, 47 Arrested In Multi-State Climate Protests
On Monday, 25 people were arrested at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as seven were taken from a Maryland gas export construction site and 15 at a gas storage facility in New York.
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On Election Tuesday, Climate Becomes Priority Issue for Black and Hispanic Voters
According to 2014 data, more than 40 percent of nonwhite Americans believe global warming should be a “top priority” for government – while the number for whites barely tops 20 percent.
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United Nations: World Faces Do-Or-Die Carbon Threat
New report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says world has until 2100 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero or face "irreversible" consequences.
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DiCaprio to World Leaders: "You Can Make History, Or You Will Be Villified By It"
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio addressed world leaders assembled for the United Nations Climate Summit early Tuesday morning urging them to address "the greatest challenge of our existence on this planet."
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Global Indigenous Groups Converge On New York to Demand Climate Action
Patricia Gualinga, a Kichwa woman from the Sarayaku community in the Ecuadorean Amazon, traveled more than 3,000 miles to push world leaders gathering at the United Nations.
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300,000+ People Gather For People's Climate March
Al Gore, Leo DiCaprio, Sting and hundreds of thousands of others swelled New York City's streets to demand climate justice.
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The Path Forward: Seizing Our Moment for Climate Justice and the Energy Transition
Our window of opportunity to mitigate the climate crisis is narrow – and while it sometimes feels like an impossible burden, history shows people-powered movements like ours have succeeded before.
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Green Latino Movement Pushes Climate Change Further Into Electoral Arena
Nine out of 10 Latinos support government taking action to combat the threat of climate change – and 56 percent of Latinos see climate change as an extremely or very serious issue compared to 43 percent of all voters.
