Climate movement grandpa James...

Apr 25, 2019 by

In the 1980s, NASA scientist James Hansen brought climate change to the attention of Congress, and shortly thereafter the public. Humans, he testified in 1988, were responsible for rising global temperatures.

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Remember the rainforests? We s...

Apr 25, 2019 by

Every half hour, the world lost a football-field chunk of tropical forest in 2018.

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‘This Is Their Land̵...

Apr 25, 2019 by

“It was very difficult for us, our ancestors, to win these rights and little by little they are decreasing.”

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Brothers separated at border b...

Apr 25, 2019 by

It’s not just parents and their children who have been ripped apart at the southern border by the Trump administration, nor has family separation stopped there despite Donald Trump’s executive order last summer. 

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From Coal To Code: A New Path ...

Apr 25, 2019 by

The year-old firm has trained laid-off coal workers to become software coders.

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Brayton Point Coal-Fired Gener...

Apr 24, 2019 by

The Brayton Point coal-fired generating station was one of the dirtiest polluters in New England for decades.

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Millions more Americans breath...

Apr 24, 2019 by

Forty-three percent of Americans live in places where they’re breathing unsafe air, according to American Lung Association

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The People are revolting! (in ...

Apr 24, 2019 by

America’s corporate elites had been covertly preparing for this plutocratic move since the early ’70s, gradually monkeywrenching economic rules and surreptitiously rigging political systems to steadily expand their power.

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‘Coming Mass Extinction&...

Apr 24, 2019 by

Far-reaching global assessment details how humanity is undermining the very foundations of the natural world

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Are You Willing To Go To Jail ...

Apr 23, 2019 by

Jail Is Not A Fun Place To Be

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On South America’s large...

Apr 23, 2019 by

In an arid, lunar-like landscape in the sunny highlands of northern Argentina, South America’s largest solar farm is rising, powered by funding and technology from China.

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Humans vs. animals: Can the cl...

Apr 23, 2019 by

“With the seasons increasingly unpredictable, fewer chicks will survive,” narrates series host Bear Grylls (of Man vs. Nature fame) as the barnacle goose chick seems to contemplate its onscreen fate.

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Make America Graze Again

Apr 22, 2019 by

Nashville’s Zach Richardson uses sustainable practices — and a flock of sheep — to clear overgrown landscapes.

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“Don’t Listen to B...

Apr 20, 2019 by

“Congress must be given the full report and Congress must determine what needs to be redacted,” said Karen Hobert Flynn, president of the government watchdog group Common Cause

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What Ocasio-Cortez gets about ...

Apr 19, 2019 by

Spats between members of Congress are seldom worth much attention, but an amusing one that happened between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Garland “Andy” Barr (R-Ky.) tells us a lot about how Democrats and Republicans think about the past, present and future of the American economy-

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Bernie Sanders and the Myth of...

Apr 19, 2019 by

The very rich are richer than people imagine.

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You Don’t Have to Be a Vegan t...

Apr 19, 2019 by

But recent studies underscore the need for us to dial back our burger habit.

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‘A New Day in New York&#...

Apr 18, 2019 by

“We are answering the call for bold action.”

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Energy Equity: Bringing Solar ...

Apr 17, 2019 by

Millions of Americans lack access to solar energy because they cannot afford the steep upfront costs.

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Mexico’s Monarch Butterflies A...

Apr 17, 2019 by

Their habitat could soon be eradicated by climate change.

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100 Million Tree-Planting Init...

Apr 16, 2019 by

The Arbor Day Foundation recently announced its Time for Trees initiative, which aims to plant 100 million trees by 2022.

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The ‘Attenborough Effect...

Apr 15, 2019 by

It’s proof that documentaries are powerful tools for change.

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Is America Becoming an Oligarc...

Apr 15, 2019 by

Growing inequality threatens our most basic democratic principles.

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Monsanto found liable for Fren...

Apr 15, 2019 by

The potential damages will be considered by another court in Lyon.

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Border Patrol Holds Hundreds o...

Apr 15, 2019 by

Asylum-seekers are forced to wait days inside surplus Army shelters in a parking lot, with no beds and little food or showers.

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Killing migratory birds, even ...

Apr 15, 2019 by

Under Republican and Democratic presidents from Nixon through Obama, killing migratory birds, even inadvertently, was a crime, with fines for violations ranging from $250 to $100 million.

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Good News: NY appeals court re...

Apr 13, 2019 by

 New York courts are not supporting, so far, martial law efforts to impose forced vaccines.

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Citing Assange’s Work Ex...

Apr 13, 2019 by

And we should recall what WikiLeaks actually disclosed: Who can forget the Pentagon video footage of a missile attack in 2007 in Iraq, which killed 18 civilians and two Reuters journalists?

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How Capitalism Betrayed Privac...

Apr 12, 2019 by

The forces of wealth creation once fostered the right to be left alone. But that has changed.

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Road to Riches?

Apr 12, 2019 by

Take from the rich and give to … the subway? Inside New York’s evolving congestion pricing policy

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