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New Zealand Wins Global Praise for 'Historic' Law to Bring Net Carbon Emissions to Zero by 2050

'Historic' Alaska Ruling Could Provide Roadmap to Defeating Citizens United

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

A case in Alaska could go to the U.S. Supreme Court and possibly overturn Citizens United.

"This decision gives Alaskans and all Americans a chance to revisit those destructive decisions."

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With Detailed Pay-For Plan, Warren Touts Medicare for All as 'Bigger Than the Biggest Tax Cut' in US History

Jon Queally, staff writer

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) addresses a crowd outside of the Francis Marion Performing Arts Center October 26, 2019 in Florence, South Carolina. "No middle class tax increases," Warren said of her new Medicare for All "pay-for" plan, and vowed "$11 trillion in household expenses back in the pockets" of U.S. families. That figure, she said, is "substantially larger than the largest tax cut in American history." (Photo: Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

"If you're not in the top 1%, Wall Street, or a big corporation —...

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'A Breath of Fresh Air': Offshore Wind Power Could Produce More Electricity Than World Uses

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Shanghai Donghai Bridge's 100mw offshore wind power project is China's first national offshore wind power demonstration project in the early morning light of morning in Shanghai, Oct. 4, 2019.

"Let's get going!"

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Syrian refugees

'We Have to Get This Right': Historic Bill in US House Would Create Specific Protections for Climate Refugees

In Just Six Months, London's "Brave" Vehicle Emissions Rule Slashed Air Pollution by a Third

A still from The Leap's new video on organizing voters to take over federal governments for progressive goals.

'This Is How We Change the World': To Address Climate Crisis, Video Explains, Democracy Movements Must Rise

CEO Mark Zuckerberg

As Zuckerberg Defends False Trump Ads as Free Expression, Critics Say Facebook's Assault on 'Foundations of Democracy' Must Be Stopped

Students at Nettelhorst Elementary School, on lunch, dig into a salad bar in the school's lunchroom March 20, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

'Every Child Deserves to Eat': Sanders and Omar Bill Would Provide Universal Free Public School Lunches in US

Newest Nobel Economics Laureates Praised for Experimental Research Into Poverty—and Their Work's Real-World Impact

In European First, Proposed Constitutional Amendment in Sweden Would Enshrine Rights of Nature

Supporters cheer for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speak at a rally in support of the Chicago Teachers Union ahead of an upcoming potential strike on September 24, 2019 in Chicago. (Photo: Scott Heins/Getty Images)

'Money Is Not Speech and Corporations Are Not People': Sanders Unveils Plan to Get Corporate Money Out of Politics

Mangrove boardwalk

Despite 'Enormous Potential' as Carbon Sink, Australia's Damaged Coastal Ecosystems Spewing Millions of Tons of CO2

Students attend the Fridays for Future march in Rome to protest against the climate crisis on September 27, 2019.

'Marvelously Massive' Turnout for New Wave of Global Climate Strikes

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)

'A Just Society': Ocasio-Cortez Unveils Legislative Package to Tackle American Poverty and Inequality

house on fire

'If a House Is on Fire, You Don't Add Fuel': 530 Groups Back Call to Rapidly Phase Out Fossil Fuels Worldwide

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Cadet Bone Spurs Tells the People He Rips Off, Trash Talks, Exploits and Blocks They Are Why the Nation Thrives In Freedom, and It Does Not Go Well

So the guy whose slimy daddy got him five free passes from our imperial wars, whose party has blocked 56 veterans' bills, who's stolen millions from vets' charities, trash-talked Gold Star families, blocked 500,000 VoteVets members, tried to ban disabled vets from selling their sad wares near his gold palace and once evicted a vet with a therapy dog was just booed and shunned at NYC's Veterans Day Parade as he extolled "the righteous might" of the US military. Shameless hypocrisy thy name is.

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350.org

Activists Unfurl Giant “ExxonKnew: Make Them Pay” Banner At Oil and Gas Meeting in NYC

National Nurses United

National Nurses United Endorses Green New Deal and Ban on Assault Weapons

Greenpeace

Greenpeace Climbers Block Houston Ship Channel, Halting Oil Industry Operations Ahead of Democratic Debate

National Nurses United

RN Response Network Sends Team of Nurse Volunteers to Provide Medical Assistance to Hurricane Dorian Victims

Environment America

New Study: U.S. Clean Energy Use Has Accelerated During the Past Decade

Greenpeace

Sanders Long-Awaited Climate Plan Should Scare Fossil Fuel CEOs

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