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      Brazil Isn't the Only Far-Right Government Destroying the Planet

      Brazil Isn't the Only Far-Right Government Destroying the Planet

      As the Amazon burns, the terrifying parallels between the U.S. and Brazilian governments highlight the damage authoritarian leaders are doing.

      Basav Sen
      Aug 26, 2019

      The Amazon is ablaze. This is horrific news for Brazilians, especially the indigenous peoples who have called the rainforest home for millennia, and for all of humanity as well.

      The Amazon rainforest is a crucial carbon sink, absorbing atmospheric carbon that would otherwise heat the planet and accelerate the global climate crisis. Often called "the lungs of the planet," the Amazon region is also a crucial source of oxygen for all people.

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      Global Climate Strike in Pictures: Millions of Students Walk Out to Demand Planetary Transformation

      Global Climate Strike in Pictures: Millions of Students Walk Out to Demand Planetary Transformation

      "We are facing the greatest existential crisis humanity has ever faced. And yet it has been ignored. You who have ignored it know who you are.”

      Julia Conley
      Mar 15, 2019

      All over the planet on Friday, millions of children and young adults walked out of their classrooms in an unprecedented collective action to demand a radical and urgent shift in society's energy and economic systems in order to avert the worst impacts of human-caused global warming and climate change.

      With demonstrations in more than 100 countries and tens of thousands of schools, the worldwide Climate Strike is the largest since 16-year-old Greta Thunberg sparked a wave of increasingly huge marches and walkouts with her one-person strike outside the Swedish Parliament last year.

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      Ahead of Global #ClimateStrike She Inspired, 16-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

      Ahead of Global #ClimateStrike She Inspired, 16-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

      "The massive movement Greta has set in motion is a very important peace contribution."

      Jessica Corbett
      Mar 14, 2019

      Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old whose protests outside the Swedish parliament spurred a massive global movement of young people striking from school to demand bold action on the climate crisis, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

      "We have nominated Greta because the climate threat may be one of the most important causes of war and conflict."
      --Freddy Andre Oevstegaard, Norwegian lawmaker

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