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Beyond Divestment: Climate-Concerned Philanthropists Pledge to Move Billions to Wind and Solar
As the UN Climate Summit in New York City approaches, efforts to address climate change through money-moving campaigns are growing.
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Anti-Coal Campaigners Continue to Win in the Northwest
Think global, act local.
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Senate GOP Blocks Fair Pay, Continues War on Women
Some things, it seems, never change. Not even in an election year.
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Sea Change: The Ecological Disaster That Nobody Sees
A Global Ocean Commission report says that we must act now to save the earth's wildest and most productive ecosystem.
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Children’s Rights Groups Urge Defense Program to Stop Giving School Cops Military Hardware
Among the military hardware requested by school police were anti-mine vehicles, M-16s, ammo, grenade launchers.
Special Report: Scots in Their Own Words on Independence
The people of Scotland head to the polls on Thursday to vote on whether to get independence from the United Kingdom.
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New Sparks Fly Between CIA, Senate Intelligence Committee
Tensions between the CIA and its congressional overseers erupted anew this week.
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Winnemem Wintu War Dancers: Shasta Dam a “Weapon of Mass Destruction“
The Winnemem Wintu Tribe over the past 10 years has played a key leadership role in the campaign to oppose the peripheral tunnels and the water bond.
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Africa’s Dividing Farmlands a Threat to Food Security
Experts say that Africa's extensive land subdivision is emerging as a significant threat to food security.
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Kingdom of Slaves
In the smallest Gulf kingdoms, upwards of 90 percent of residents are immigrant laborers. Many face unspeakable abuse.