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NYC Green New Deal Pledge to Cut Meat Purchases
New York City is strengthening its climate leadership by acknowledging the importance of slashing consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions associated with factory farmed meat. Eliminating processed…
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North Carolina senators propose citizen-led redistricting commission to end gerrymandering, restore election justice
The bill, North Carolina Citizens Redistricting Commission Act, will create a gold standard for reforming the current redistricting process and reining in a system that allows North Carolina lawmakers…
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Nuclear power is not a viable solution for Green New Deal
The Green New Deal resolution is a bold and necessary path forward to tackle the climate crisis. To be successful, it must leave nuclear power behind.
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In the Peatlands of South Sumatra: A Tale of Two Villages
The palm oil industry is responsible for destroying some 24 million hectares of Indonesian rainforest since 1990, much of it through burning. But because huge areas of Indonesia’s vast peat bogs hav…
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Bernhardt another gift to Big Oil
The Senate voted to confirm David Bernhardt as Secretary of the Department of the Interior today. Bernhardt has a long history of working for the oil and gas industries and his former clients include…
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Trump executive order another handout to fossil fuel industry
The Trump Administration will issue two executive orders today that expedite permits and limit the ability of states to reject new fossil fuel projects and infrastructure, according to reports.
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More than 300 Groups Urge Congress to Make Food and Agriculture Central to the Climate Crisis and Green New Deal Debate
A coalition of more than 300 groups today sent a letter to Congress calling for a Green New Deal that prioritizes food and agriculture solutions to climate change.
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Progressives stand fast for just spending levels
Thanks to demands from progressive members of Congress, Democratic leaders were forced to cancel a vote on the House budget bill slated for later in the week.
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100+ Groups Call on Bank of America to Drop Support for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
More than 100 organizations today called on Bank of America to publicly commit to no further financing for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and for Bank of America to urge others not to invest in the pipel…
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Farmworkers fearing toxic pesticide exposure fight for organic agriculture
Far too often, discussions about pesticides in the food system exclude the men, women, and children who plant, tend, and harvest our food.