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As Grassroots Momentum Surges, Over 300 Local Officials From 40 States Declare Support for Green New Deal

Quoting Dr. Seuss, Court Throws Out Pipeline Permit and Implores Forest Service to 'Speak for the Trees' Instead of Corporate Polluters

Julia Conley, staff writer

Developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project planned for the pipeline to cut across two national forests and the Appalachian Trail

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After 30 Years, Climate Scientist Says: "Never Been as Worried as I Am Today"

Jake Johnson, staff writer

And colleague says "global warming" no longer strong enough term. "Global...

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Global Divestment Movement Celebrates Vow of 1,000 Institutions, With Nearly $8 Trillion in Assets, to Ditch Fossil Fuels

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"The momentum has been driven by a people-powered grassroots movement—it's...

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Schumer Denounced for Giving 'Fossil Fuel Servant' Joe Manchin Top Spot on Energy Committee

In Early Holiday 'Gift to Polluters,' Trump Guts Protections for 60 Percent of Nation's Waterways

As Demand for Urgent Transformation Intensifies, New Study Shows Hotter Planet Making Extreme Weather Deadlier

140+ Arrested at Pelosi and Hoyer Offices as Youth-Led Protests Demand Green New Deal on Capitol Hill

"In the two months since our first action, we have expanded more than we imagined," Liam Geary Baulch, a U.K.-based Extinction Rebellion activist, told The Guardian. "We are now planning to change our structure so it can accommodate up to two million people." (Photo: Extinction Rebellion)

As Uprising Spreads Across Globe, Naomi Klein and Noam Chomsky Among Signers of Open Letter Backing Extinction Rebellion

#NoMoreExcuses: Mass Action on Capitol Hill to Demand Dems Back Green New Deal Instead of Fossil Fuel Interests

'These False Solutions Are a Joke': Trump's Pro-Coal Panel Shut Down With Laughter at COP24

stop the pipeline

In Another Blow to Keystone XL, Judge Rules TransCanada Can't Conduct Pre-Construction Work

'Complete Wiping Away of Clean Water Act': Trump EPA Rule Would Free Corporations to Pollute Nation's Water as Much as They Please

'A Great Shame': Taken From Oceans Around the World, 100% of Sea Turtles in New Study Had Plastics in Their Bellies

meat and butcher

Slash Meat Consumption and Avert Climate Catastrophe, Says New Blueprint for 'Sustainable Food Future' by 2050

'The Civil Rights Movement of Our Time': Climate Action Advocates and Progressive Leaders Join Sanders for Latest Town Hall

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Antarctica: Don't Come Here

Though he gets the appeal of free snow cones and penguins, John Oliver is more worried about the environmental impact of an estimated 40,000 eager tourists a year traipsing to and inevitably trashing Antarctica. His solution: A hilarious anti-tourism PSA.

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350.org

At COP24 Climate Talks in Katowice, 300+ Elected Officials from 40 States Call for Phasing Out Fossil Fuels, Green New Deal Approach

People's Demands for Climate Justice

Statement on COP24 Sit-In

350.org

Landmark Fossil Fuel “Divestment” Reached

Earthjustice

New Dirty Water Rule Would Trash Communities’ Drinking Water

American Sustainable Business Council

Business Leaders Criticize Admin’s Proposed Clean Water Rule

Food & Water Watch

Trump Steamrolls WOTUS to the Benefit of Agrochemical and Fossil Fuel Industries

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Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Alfred Brownell

Attacks on Indigenous Rights Defenders Should Not Be Ignored

Tom Engelhardt

A Bad World for Migrants (and I Don’t Even Mean Human Ones)

Héctor Figueroa

For the Future of Our Communities, Labor Support for The Green New Deal

Moé Yonamine

Stand with Okinawa

Alison Rose Levy

How Regenerative Agriculture Could Be Key to the Green New Deal

Subhankar Banerjee

Biological Annihilation: A Planet in Loss Mode

Debi Smith

By Accident of Fate: The Fires in Paradise

Jeff Biggers

Climate Storytellers Inspire Roadmap to Action

Verner Wilson III

I Went Dungeness Crabbing in Washington. Here's Why I'm Concerned About Increased Shipping From Trans Mountain Pipeline

David Suzuki, Ian Hanington

Politicians Who Deny Reality Aren’t Fit to Lead

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