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World Faces Ecological Collapse Unless Urgent Action Taken, Says Devastating Global Assessment
The world faces ecological collapse and mass extinctions unless dramatic action is taken to change social and economic systems, according to a global assessment launched today by The Intergovernmental…
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House of Representatives votes to take action on climate change
But it is not enough that the U.S. not withdraw from the global climate stage; our climate commitment under the Paris Agreement is radically out of line with what science, justice and equity demand.
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Broad coalition applauds new bill banning industrial ocean fish farms
Today U.S. Congressman Don Young (R-Alaska) introduced the Keep Fin Fish Free Act, which places a moratorium on commercial permitting of marine finfish aquaculture facilities in federally controlled a…
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New York Passes Bill to Ban Dow’s Brain-Damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
New York’s deadline for ending the use of chlorpyrifos will make it the first state to stop use of the chemical. In banning this dangerous chemical, New York legislators are prioritizing public heal…
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Your tax dollars at work: The Trump administration just created a map showing mega-corporations where they should industrialize the ocean next
Our oceans are home to important and endangered marine species, and shouldn’t be treated as mere uncharted areas for mega-corporations to industrialize.
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Atlantic Coast Pipeline protesters target Bank of America’s shareholders
Investors should be aware that Bank of America’s pumping of finance into fossil fuel infrastructure is accelerating climate catastrophe and community destruction. This is bad for the Earth, and bad…
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Court Urged to Reject Trump’s Newest Keystone XL Pipeline Ploy
TransCanada has been unable to meet legal standards for the Keystone XL pipeline, so the White House is attempting to dismantle the constitutionally mandated checks and balances inherent to American d…
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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.