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NAACP Shows How Fossil Fuel Industry Manipulates Communities of Color
The fossil fuel industry regularly deploys manipulative and dishonest tactics when engaging with communities of color.
How Shadowy Tax Havens Skirt Conservation Efforts
Dark money foreign investments may bankroll deforestation and overfishing.
“Massive Win for the Environment”: New York State Bans Single-Use Plastic Bags
New York is the third state to outlaw plastic bags.
Opponents to Expanding Petrochemical Industry in Louisiana Fight Back
The number of companies seeking to build plastics manufacturing facilities along the Mississippi River has grown.
Cuts to Food Stamps Will Disproportionately Harm LGBTQ People
My Black, lesbian mother depended on food stamps because her low-income wages were not enough.
Children Are Demanding Dramatic Climate Action. Listen to Them.
Children have taken it upon themselves to be the responsible actors in the face of climate crisis.
Want to Combat the Opioid Crisis? Pass Single-Payer Health Care.
A for-profit health care system that has generated billions for Big Pharma won't combat the opioid crisis.
Climate Crisis Could Expose Half a Billion More to Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Rising global temperatures will make millions more susceptible to diseases like dengue, yellow fever and Zika by 2050.
Federal Judge Halts Drilling on Public Lands Over Climate Concerns
Although the move is temporary, the decision will help environmental advocates as they prepare suits elsewhere.
AOC Demolishes GOP Claim That Green New Deal Is “Elitist”
AOC delivered a brilliant response to Rep. Sean Duffy's suggestion that the Green New Deal only serves the wealthy.