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'Words Are Not Enough': Biden Pushed to Take Bold Climate Action as US Returns to Paris Agreement

Activists demanding climate and racial justice marched in New York City on September 20, 2020. (Photo: Steve Sanchez/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Forget Ted Cruz, What's Really Missing in Texas Is the Green New Deal

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A person carries empty propane tanks, bringing them to refill at a propane gas station after winter weather caused electricity blackouts on February 18, 2021 in Houston. Winter storm Uri brought severe temperature drops causing a catastrophic failure of the power grid in Texas. About two million people are without electricity throughout Houston. (Photo: Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

"Lives are already being lost because of Texas politicians' refusal to acknowledge and prepare for the realities of the climate crisis."

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60+ Groups and Unions to Senate Democrats: End Harmful 'Gridlock and Dysfunction' by Eliminating the Filibuster

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conference about student debt outside the U.S. Capitol on February 4, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

"It is truly outrageous that we still allow a partisan minority to block...

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Climate Campaigners Say 'Listen to the Science' as New Study Shows Earth Now Warmer Than Any Time in Last 12,000 Years

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

A protester is seen holding a placard during a climate change demonstration. (Photo: Ronen Tivony/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The study "changes the baseline and emphasizes just how critical it is to take...

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"For too long Corporate America has been able to influence our democracy in the shadows with CEOs welcoming the opportunity to push their agenda in Washington," said Lisa Gilbert of Public Citizen. (Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

'Temporarily' Not Good Enough: Corporate America Called to End Political Giving Once and for All

The For the People Act has been reintroduced in the 117th Congress after failing to pass the Senate in 2019. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Majority of US Voters Across Political Spectrum Back Landmark Pro-Democracy Reform Bill: Poll

At a January 19, 2021 rally organized by Food & Water Watch, New York Communities for Change, and 350 NYC, environmental activists demand that the Biden administration Build Back Fossil Free in front of Charging Bull sculpture in New York City. (Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

After 'Incredible First Steps' on KXL and Paris, Biden Urged to 'Go Further' on Climate

The unsigned article of impeachment is pictured before a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 13, 2021. (Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

McConnell Urged to 'Finish the Job' and Reconvene Senate to Put Twice-Impeached Trump on Trial

11 December 2020, Hamburg: Activists with "Fridays for Future" display a prop demanding climate action on December 11, 2020 in Hamburg, Germany.

Youth Activists Ring In 2021 With Renewed Demand That World 'Wake Up to the Climate Crisis'

Workers at the Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant walk in protective clothing on January 29, 2020. (Photo: Tomohiro Ohsum/Getty Images)

Lethal Levels of Radiation Found in Damaged Fukushima Reactor Will Have 'Huge Impact' on Shutdown, Regulators Warn

Climate Groups Call on Biden to Nominate Andy Levin as Labor Secretary

President-elect Joe Biden has reportedly tapped Michael Regan, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, to be EPA Administrator.

Michael Regan, the NC Official Reportedly Tapped to Be Biden's EPA Head, Urged to 'Genuinely Address Environmental Injustice'

A police officer stands by as a campaigner against a third runway at Heathrow Airport holds a placard in front of paint thrown by another protester at the Supreme Court in London on December 16, 2020 after the verdict on a legal challenge to the proposed runway. (Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images)

Campaigners Outraged After Top UK Court Overturns Ban on 'Climate-Wrecking' Third Runway at Heathrow

Coastal vegetation is seen burning close to the beach on December 7, 2020 in Fraser Island, Australia, also known as K'gari. (Photo: Greg Nature Slade/Getty Images)

'Can Anybody Still Deny That We Are Facing a Dramatic Emergency?' Asks UN Chief at Climate Summit

Polar bears stand on an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. (Photo: Lev Fedoseyev/TASS via Getty Images)

In 'Huge Victory for Polar Bears and Our Climate,' Court Rejects Trump Approval of Offshore Drilling Project in Arctic

'We're in a Climate Emergency. Act Accordingly': Greta Thunberg Says Denmark's 30-Year Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Not Fast Enough

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Everything Is Not Awesome

Furious that Arctic-trashing Shell is using kid-friendly LEGO to clean up its image - reportedly selling 16 million Shell-branded toys worth $116 million - Greenpeace has begun a campaign aimed at pressuring LEGO to end the sketchy partnership. Protests at England's Legloland, and a darkly stunning new ad in which an idyllic Arctic, huskies and all, drowns in oil.

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The Green New Deal Is the Cure, Not the Cause, for What’s Happening in Texas

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Greenpeace Applauds Biden’s Biggest Climate Move Yet—Reclaiming Public Lands and Waters for the People

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President Biden Will Enter Office With a Mandate to Act for Climate Justice

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Greenpeace Demands Trump Be Removed From Office

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Greenpeace Response To John Kerry’s Appointment as Special Presidential Envoy on Climate

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Photo & Video: Climate Justice Activists Conclude 24-Hour Occupation at Dnc, Demand President-Elect Biden Be Brave

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Nanticha Ocharoenchai

What I Learned From the Women Fighting to Save Our Planet

Rev. John Dear

Fire Drill Fridays Take L.A.

Andy Rowell

Despite Climate Emergency, Shell Boss Still Thinks It's "Legitimate to Invest" in Oil

Piper

Why I'm Currently Blocking the Largest Oil Export Channel in the U.S.

Andy Rowell

Meet Boris, the UK’s Climate-Denying New Prime Minister & "Donald Trump of Britain"

Flo Stuart-Leach

Why We Just Blocked Boris Johnson on His Way to See the Queen

Jeremiah Lowery

Climate Change Is So Much More Than a 'Single Issue'

Paula Radley

We're Shutting Down BP Because It's a Climate Emergency

Nicola Morrow

The Dakota Access Pipeline Company Is Abusing the Judicial System to Silence Dissent