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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Breaking Free: 12 Days of Protest Open a Summer of Environmental Discontent
Global international actions this month aimed at halting fossil fuel extraction have ranged from North America to Nigeria to New Zealand and the message throughout is clear: we must act urgently to end humanity’s reliance on coal, oil and gas.
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The Climate Insurgency Has Begun – Get Ready to Break Free From Fossil Fuels
One in six Americans say they will personally engage in nonviolent civil disobedience against corporate or government activities that make global warming worse – that's about 40 million adults, and the fate of the earth may depend on them.
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Hundreds of Professors At University of Chicago Push For Fossil Fuel Divestment
In a symbolic show of solidarity with student activists, professors urged the elite private university to purge its $7.6 billion endowment of coal, oil and gas companies, citing the “universal and existential” threat posed by climate change.
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Unjust Punishment: Will 13 Climate Activists Face Jail Time For Heathrow Protest?
Mel Strickland and a dozen other activists cut through a security fence at London's Heathrow Airport last July and occupied one of the runways for six hours in an effort to slow the ravages of climate change.
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How to Stop an Oil Train: The Hearts-and-Minds Climate Defense That Won Over a Courtroom
The Delta 5 loss was actually a big win as climate activists were found not guilty of blocking a train and guilty only of trespass in the second degree, and sentences were issued with no jail time.
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McKibben: Night of the Living Dead, Climate Change-Style
How to stop the fossil fuel industry from wrecking our world.
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Climate Protests In 10 U.S. Cities Call For Tougher Clean Power Plan
Environmental justice leaders from communities hardest-hit by climate change will converge Jan. 19 on regional EPA headquarters to denounce the mining, fracking, burning and dumping of waste threatening U.S. towns and cities.
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Bodies On the Line: Blocking Trains To Halt Climate Change
I have spent a lot of time sitting in front of a computer trying to stop global warming – but after many years of seeing the climate crisis only worsen, it was time to sit in front of a train.
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Mass Paris Protest On 12-12 To Conclude Historic Climate Summit
Taking to the streets will be a clear and unequivocal rejection of the Hollande government's draconian and opportunistic bans on marches, protests, and demonstrations.
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Global Powers Pledge $20 Billion for Green Energy As Climate Summit Kicks Off
The U.S., UK, Canada, China, Brazil, India and a dozen other countries have pledged to double funds for clean energy research over five years, boosting prospects for a successful agreement at the Paris climate talks.
