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Costa Rica Is Pursuing Decarbonization Despite Global Inaction
Costa Rica plans to go fossil-free beginning next year, becoming the first country to decarbonize its economy.
The Trump Administration Is Getting Sued for Failing to Protect Giraffes
Animal advocacy and conservation organizations are taking the Trump administration to court.
Trump Guts Protections for 60 Percent of US’s Streams, Wetlands and Waterways
Trump is handing over our country to corporate polluters and other industrial interests.
Typhoon Haiyan Survivor: Fossil Fuel Companies Killed My Family
Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest cyclones in recorded history, devastated the Philippines.
Trump’s Energy Adviser Runs Away at UN Climate Talks
Amy Goodman questioned Wells Griffith about the Trump administration’s climate policies and he refused to answer.
Sheriff’s Deputies Protect Corporate Interests in Bayou Bridge Case
Activists say moonlighting by deputies has created a blurred line between corporate and public interests.
Teen Climate Activist Confronts World Leaders at UN Summit
Fifteen-year-old Greta Thunberg stunned the world last week when she denounced world leaders for climate inaction.
World’s Biggest Emitters Must Act Now to Stop Devastating Climate Change
A professor in climate change leadership, Kevin Anderson, and youth climate activist Greta Thunberg discuss more.
From Insects to Starfish, We’re Edging Toward Biological Annihilation
To save life itself would require a genuine reevaluation of modern life and its institutions.
Bayou Bridge Charged $450 for Building Oil Pipeline Without Permission
During the hearing, the Bayou Bridge lawyers tried to make the plaintiffs out to be greedy out-of-towners.