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'Keystone XL Is Dead!': After 10-Year Battle, Climate Movement Victory Is Complete

"Keystone XL is now the most famous fossil fuel project killed by the climate movement,' said one veteran campaigner, "but it won't be the last."
Jon Queally, staff writer ·
Keystone pipeline is dead.

Canadian Activists Pour 'River of Blood' on Israeli Consulate Steps to Symbolize Devastation Across Palestine

Julia Conley, staff writer ·

Palestinians inspect the Abo Hatab family's house after an Israeli air attack struck their house in al-Shati Refugee Camp on May 15, 2021, in Gaza City

Palestinian Families and Children are Being Killed. Why Is It So Quiet?

Shenaz Kermalli ·

Protesters picket outside Johnson & Johnson Offices during the Global Day Of Action For A People's Vaccine on March 11, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa

Canada’s Refusal to Waive Intellectual Property Rights on COVID-19 Vaccines Should Be a Crime Against Humanity

Shree Paradkar ·

British and Afghan flags fly side by side as a Royal Marine mobile patrol leaves Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand Province in 2006. (Photo: Sean Clee/Royal Navy/Crown Copyright)

With Afghanistan Withdrawal Underway, New Report Reveals Costs of Post-9/11 Wars for US Allies

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Workers handle Covid-19 vaccines at a distribution center in Chandigarh, India on May 4, 2021. (Photo: Ravi Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Global Health Leaders Hail 'Monumental Moment' in Covid-19 Fight as US Supports Vaccine Waiver

"Countries that continue to oppose the WTO waiver—such as European Union countries, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Norway, Japan, and Brazil—must now take action, too."

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference April 16, 2021 in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo: Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Canada Must Support the WTO Waiver on Covid-19 Vaccines

Expanding access to life-saving medical technologies during this pandemic is exactly what the world needs.

Jason Nickerson ·

Activists rally on Jan. 19, 2021 in New York City to demand that U.S. President Joe Biden take immediate executive action to "Build Back Fossil Free." (Photo: Lev Radin / Pacific Press / LightRocket via Getty Images)

Global Climate Policy Reboot: Launching a US-Canada Fossil Fuel Phase Out

US President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate could spark a transformative shift in global climate action—if the U.S. and Canada embark on a fossil fuel production phase out.

Noel Healy ·

Demonstrator Randall Grey protests a taxation of the wealthy during a rally at Occupy Wall Street San Diego on Thursday, October 13, 2011 in San Diego, California. (Photo: Sandy Huffaker/Corbis via Getty Images)

Why the Poorest Millionaires Should Stop Worrying About a Wealth Tax

If you don't have $20 million or sitting around you can just relax.

Linda McQuaig ·

Indigenous knowledge systems and Western science tell us that the lack of attention to the interface between humans and the natural world is putting us at immense risk. (Photo: Getty/Stock Photo/apos tophy)

Investing In Nature Is Essential to Our Shared Future

Canadian women leaders send an open letter to the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Finance.

Gauri Sreenivasan ·

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg protests during a "Fridays for Future" protest in front of the Swedish Parliament Riksdagen in Stockholm on October 9, 2020. (Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images)

Greta Thunberg Says She'll Skip UN Climate Conference Over Covid-19 Vaccine Inequity

"Of course I would love to attend the Glasgow #COP26," she tweeted Friday. "But not unless everyone can take part on the same terms."

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

A woman wearing a face mask is seen outside a Covid-19 vaccine clinic in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on April 6, 2021. (Photo: Zou Zheng/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Zou Zheng via Getty Images)

Showering Big Pharma With Taxpayer Dollars Won't Solve Vaccine Supply Issues

Privatization has left us scrambling for vaccines in today's pandemic—a dangerous situation that last week drove the desperate Trudeau government to announce a $415 million federal contribution to the expansion of vaccine production capacity at the old Connaught plant, now owned by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur.

Linda McQuaig ·

Expanding on the momentum of the quickly growing national movement to hold JPMorgan Chase accountable for its central role in funding the global fossil fuel industry, dozens of New York residents with the organization Rise and Resist, with co-sponsor Rainforest Action Network, stormed the bank's new headquarters in central Manhattan on November 20, 2019 demanding an end to its massive financing of the climate crisis. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

'Wall Street Is a Primary Villain' in Climate Crisis, Analysis Shows

DeSmog's investigation found that at least 65% of directors from 39 global banks had 940 connections to "climate-conflicted" industries.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

First Nations land defenders lock themselves to equipment at a Trans Mountain Corporation pumping station on unceded Secwepemc land in British Columbia on April 3, 2021. (Photo: Braided Warriors/Twitter)

'We Will Not Stop': First Nations Land Defenders Take Direct Action Against Trans Mountain Pipeline

"Today we stand on unceded, unsurrendered, illegally occupied Secwepemc land to show that we will not stop until the pipeline is terminated and the land is returned to the rightful title holders."

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Indigenous activists gathered in Washington, D.C on Thursday to demand to demand the Biden administration stop the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines.

Indigenous Youth Take to DC Streets With Demands to #ShutDownDAPL and #StopLine3

"Climate chaos is here. We cannot wait."

Andrea Germanos, staff writer ·

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