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Dallas Goldtooth: Hold Banks Accountable for Financing Climate Chaos
Organizer Dallas Goldtooth discusses Indigenous-led anti-pipeline activism in the U.S. on Earth Day.

Amid Trump’s Attacks, Planned Parenthood Broadens Health Care Focus
The organization's national leadership is working to identify the health programs that could be expanded.

Federal Judge Issues Latest Rebuke of Trump’s Attack on Public Lands
About 40 federal rulings have now blocked the president from rolling back environmental and public health regulations.

Protecting Sea Creatures Could Help Slow Climate Change
Marine conservation should be part of climate change mitigation strategies.

Climate Campaigners Stage One of France’s Largest Acts of Civil Disobedience
Peaceful demonstrators protested government complicity and companies fueling the global climate crisis.

Megacorporations Want More Ocean Farms. That’s a Huge Mistake.
Like industrial farms, aquaculture is inhumane and unsanitary and a threat to marine and human life.

Trump Appointed Fossil Fuel Insiders to Federal Agencies. It’s Backfiring.
EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, is facing ethics complaints.

Noam Chomsky Says the Green New Deal Is Exactly the Right Idea
Activists are launching a nationwide tour Thursday to build support for the Green New Deal.

Trump Wants to End Regulation That Cut Mercury Pollution by 81 Percent
We have until April 17 to submit a public comment to the EPA against this misguided and dangerous rule change.

As Single-Payer Gains Traction, Industry Launches Attack Ads
The insurance and drug lobbies are attacking Medicare for All and pushing to keep the massively profitable ACA.