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Farmers Would Do Better to Understand the Land Than Grow GM Crops
It is the mindset from which GMOs emerge that needs reprogrammed.
Child Care’s Broken Promise: Parents Want Solutions
Families want child care that reflects what it means to be working, poor and raising children in the US.
From the Arctic to the South Pacific, Most Vulnerable Countries Demand Climate Justice at COP21
Despite the promises made in Kyoto in 1992, the COP process “has failed to meet its objective.”
Twelve Days That Cooked the World: Combating the Climate Counterrevolution in Paris
UN climate negotiators' failure to mandate adequate emissions reductions provides the moral justification for radical local action.
We Are Sacrifice Zones: Native Leader Says Toxic North Dakota Fracking Fuels Violence Against Women
“What we're dealing with is a death by a thousand cuts,” says North Dakota indigenous leader Kandi Mossett.
Pro-Logging “Rider” Bill Would Allow Clear-Cutting in US National Forests
Members of Congress are proposing to make a generous gift to the logging industry.
End War(ming): We Need System Change, Not Climate Change
Shawna Foster explains how these kinds of military interventions are linked to fossil fuels and climate change.
Hundreds Protest “Unacceptable” Draft Climate Accord Inside COP21
A draft text released Wednesday has nearly 100 outstanding points of disagreement that still need to be resolved.
Climate Change Justice: Indigenous Peoples Ignored in Paris Summit
No matter the outcome of COP21, counterterrorism legislation will counter frontline environmental defenders.
Academics-for-Hire Agree Not to Disclose Fossil Fuel Funding
Leading climate sceptic who will testify at Ted Cruz senate hearing agreed to write a pro fossil fuel paper funded by oil company.