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Voting rights, environmental groups launch North Carolina redistricting tour
A coalition of voting rights and environmental organizations are launching a redistricting teach-in tour in eastern North Carolina this weekend.
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Can eating organic lower your exposure to pesticides?
A new study tracks the pesticides and residues in a small cohort of eaters, and found significant reductions when they switched to an all-organic diet.
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Groups in NC launch campaign to end Duke Energy’s monopoly control of electric system and public officials
The Energy Justice NC Coalition is a new collaboration of 15 local, state, regional and national organizations focused on promoting common sense energy policies that will shift the state to a more aff…
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Arctic Indigenous Voices made a difference on polar shipping in 2018 – and 2019 looks promising too
It’s not every day that elder Alaska Natives are heard and respected by leaders from around the world.
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RSPO should suspend membership of groups undermining Guatemala’s anti-impunity commission
Since 2017, Morales has been engaged in a battle against the U.N. commission, which was investigating his alleged violations of campaign finance law as well allegations of corruption by many of his as…
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The Green New Deal is a strong vision for the future, stuck in the politics of today: Congressional Green New Deal resolution falls short on fossil fuels
The Green New Deal is a strong vision for the future, stuck in the politics of today. We enthusiastically endorse the many pieces of the resolution that call for systemic change.
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Carnival Corporation cruise ships put Arctic, Subarctic marine mammals at risk, groundbreaking new map shows
A groundbreaking new interactive map released today by the international Clean Up Carnival coalition shows that nearly half of Carnival Corporation cruise ships traveling through the Arctic and Subarc…
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Senators Push Financial Firms to Address Global Deforestation
Eight U.S. Senate offices led by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) sent a suite of letters to the nation’s largest asset management firms this week, calling on them to use their financial leverage to sto…
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Palm Oil Giant Golden Agri-Resources Removed from Dow Jones Sustainability Index after Bribery and Corruption Scandal
The Dow Jones Sustainability Index has removed the world’s second largest palm oil company, Golden Agri-Resources, from its list of sustainable companies.
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Senate EPW must reject Wheeler
Andrew Wheeler is a threat to our clean air and water and the absolute wrong choice to lead the EPA. As acting administrator, Wheeler handed the EPA over to the corporate polluters the agency is suppo…