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Climate Crisis

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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.

Vandana Shiva and Jane Goodall on Serving the Earth and How Women Can Address Climate Crisis
At the recent International Women's Earth and Climate Initiative Summit, Jane Goodall and Vandana Shiva discuss their decades of work devoted to protecting nature and saving future generations from …

John Fullerton: Carbon Crisis, Fossil Fuels, and Finance
This week Laura Flanders interviews John Fullerton, a former oil and gas investor, on the Fossil Free campaign to push colleges to divest from fossil fuels.

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Sorry, Tea Party: Conservatives Don’t Agree With You on Climate Change
A new report details how climate change denial is large strategy in conservative circles like that of the Tea Party.

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Delicious Food Is Not An Indulgence—It’s a Way to Solve Our Ecological Crises
For local food activists, the movement for food that is good for our bodies and our planet has blossomed beyond what anyone ever imagined.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: US Methane Emissions Are Higher Than Previously Thought, and More
Methane emissions in the South Central US are nearly five times higher than previously though, and more.

Reverend Billy Faces Year in Prison for Protesting J.P. Morgan Chase’s Financing of Fossil Fuels
For more than a decade, Reverend Billy, along with his Church of Stop Shopping, has preached fiery sermons against recreational consumerism - and more recently, against climate disaster.

Biomass Thermal: The Logs That Break the Forest’s Back
While part of the biomass incineration movement is hailing a

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Driving Home the Link Between Gender and Climate Change
The topic of gender and its relation with climate change tried to shed a light on problems that require action from policy-makers this past week at the climate summit …