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Climate Crisis
The Transformation of America’s Energy Economy
By voting to break away from a corporate utility and form its own municipal power company, Boulder, Colorado is leading a national shift towards local control and renewable energy.
The Education of Bill McKibben: How the Unlikely Activist Learned to Break the Rules
McKibben's latest book, “Oil and Honey,” chronicles his journey into ever-riskier and more confrontational activism.
Walton Family Foundation Dumped $91.4 Million Into Greenwashing in 2012: Walmarting the Rivers and Oceans
The Walton Family Foundation dumped $91.4 milliLess well-known to the public is Walmart's ambitious campaign of corporate greenwashing in recent years.
Preliminary Deal Reached for New Major Tar Sands Pipeline in Western Canada
Yves Engler: Opposition likely to grow against a new tar sands pipeline between British Columbia and Alberta.
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The Arctic Is the First Line of Defense Against a Climate Transition to an Uninhabitable Earth
Nature is not an ATM, and our survival depends on acting on that understanding.
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Violence Against Our Environment
Both the words “environment” and “violence” have so many meanings, that they require some definition of how they can be of use in the context of a struggle for …
Extending Solidarity to the Ecosystem: Laura Flanders Interviews Sean Sweeney
Sean Sweeney discusses how unions need to extend solidarity to the ecosystem itself.
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The Climate Movement Needs to Stop ‘Winning’
Like cancer taking over the body, the oil and gas industry is too entangled in the organs of my community for a simple u201cwin-loseu201d dichotomy.
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A New Frontier for Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform?
Subsidies to dirty and wealthy fossil fuel companies represent a paradoxical misalignment of priorities.
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COP19 Promotes Carbon Colonialism With New REDD+ Deal
REDD+ jeopardizes the rights and resources of local communities throughout the global south, because of the prevalence of carbon-market-driven land grabs.