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Climate Crisis
Can Nations Reach a Strong Agreement on Climate at COP 21?
As the Paris climate talks draw closer, a look at what needs to happen for the negotiations to succeed.
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System Change and Non-Reformist Reforms
How do we distinguish system changing initiatives from reforms that seek social betterment within the current system?
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Torrential Rain Raises Concerns at Duke Energy Coal Ash Dams
The impact of heavy rains on dams at coal ash impoundments is a real concern.
From Ecuador to Nigeria – Women Speak for Climate Justice, Build Solutions
Across the world, women are on the frontlines of environmental and social degradation.
Welcome to a New Planet: Climate Change “Tipping Points” and the Fate of the Earth
It's time to start thinking instead in terms of civilizational survival.
Climate Change Could Be Catalyst to Build a Fairer Economic System
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is calling this weekend's torrential rainfall in the Carolinas a once-in-a-millennium downpour.
Godzilla Niño and the Blob: How Weather Cycles and Ocean Temperatures Mask Global Warming
Pacific Ocean temperatures and natural weather cycles have masked global warming for years.
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Russia: Has the World’s Biggest Country Turned Against the Environment?
Russia trundles sluggishly behind the rest of the world in international environmental policy.
Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal Highlights Fracking’s Threat to Human Rights
The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal on the human rights impacts of fracking will put extreme energy on trial in the US and UK.
“This Changes Everything”: Film Reimagines Vast Challenge of Climate Change
The documentary is directed by filmmaker Avi Lewis and inspired by journalist Naomi Klein's international best-selling book.