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Environment
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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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The Wheel Turns, the Boat Rocks, the Sea Rises: Change in a Time of Climate Change
To make personal changes is to do too little. Only great movements, only collective action can save us from climate change now.
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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.
Build the Green Economy
We should not be distracted by the false tradeoff between jobs and a stable climate.
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The Real Carbon “Monster” Revealed
The idea that climate scientists and climate activists are actually evil, that theyu2019re part of a big virus or u201cmonsteru201d thatu2019s sucking up money and resources all in the …
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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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.
Mexico: Researcher Raises Alert About Environmental Dangers of Wind Farms
Southern Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec has the largest concentration of wind farm projects in Latin America. Biologist Patricia Mora explains what environmental impact studies leave out: the negative impacts …
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How Residents of a Rural New Mexico County Fought the Fracking Barons and Won – for Now
Energy companies are seeking fracking permits in New Mexico's Mora County. But the area's traditional livelihoods, farming and ranching, rely on clean rivers and streams.