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Climate

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Has Our Species Become Insane?
Terrible things are habitually done by sociopaths in power; starting and waging unjustified and illegal wars; building vast war machines; creating and threatening to use weapons which incinerate huge …

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Climate Change Is Happening Faster Than You Think
As global warming picks up, scientists and researchers are finally coming to grips with just how serious that problem is, and how quickly weu2019re running out of time to …

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Why Is the Tea Party Teaming Up With the Sierra Club?
This may seem strange to progressives, but it's actually indicative of a larger shift in the conservative movement.

Texas Towns Frack Their Way To Drought Conditions
Antonia Juhasz: Fate of Texas is a reminder of the dangers of hydro-fracking techniques now embraced by President Obama.

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Civil Disobedience as Law Enforcement
Future climate protesters can proudly proclaim that they are actually climate protectors, upholding the law, not violating it.

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Current Political System Incapable of Meeting Social, Economic, Environmental Challenges
A long and slow-developing path forward might be called “evolutionary reconstruction.”

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Koch Brothers’ New Pledge for Planet Destruction
It should come as no surprise that the Koch Brothers would want to protect their perceived right to pollute our environment and do irreversible damage to our planet.

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Line of Fire: Finding Resilience in Times of Crisis
The shared experience of confronting loss and acknowledging mutual grief serve to weave the threads of resilience tighter.

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Tar Sands Coal Export Boom: Petcoke Exports Second Highest Ever in April
A filthy fuel with even more severe climate impacts than coal is leaving port bound for foreign power plants.

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It’s Climate Change: I Told You So
We canu2019t resurrect the 19 firefighters who gave their lives in Arizona this weekend, but we can start to listen to what the scientific community is telling us about …