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'Keystone XL Is Dead!': After 10-Year Battle, Climate Movement Victory Over Tar Sands Pipeline Is Complete
by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Keystone XL is now the most famous fossil fuel project killed by the
climate movement,' said one veteran campaigner, "but it won't be the
last."
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'It's Time to Go a Step Further': With KXL Dead, Pressure Intensifies for Biden to Kill Line 3
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Keystone XL was stopped on the merits of environmental justice and
treaty rights; this is no different. We demand President Biden take
action now."
'Shame It's Taken So Long': Health Advocates Welcome Formal WTO Talks to Suspend Covid Vaccine Patents
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Countless numbers of people have needlessly died while waiting for a
breakthrough in these discussions," said one campaigner. "Governments
must now clear away these artificial barriers to vaccine production and
end this deadly pandemic."
50+ Groups Across US Northwest Unveil Green New Deal Vision for Region's Vital Forests
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"The forests of the Pacific Northwest are a world-class natural climate
solution. It is time that we started treating them as such."
Poll Shows 83% of Americans Believe So-Called 'War on Drugs' an Abject Failure
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The findings come just ahead of the 50th's anniversary of President
Richard Nixon's drug war declaration.
'No Climate, No Deal': Progressives in Congress Warn Biden Against Cutting Green Energy From Infrastructure Package
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Mitch McConnell and the Koch brothers are not worth setting the planet
on fire for," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
'A Gift to the Planet': Maine Lawmakers Pass Landmark Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This is groundbreaking and will be heard across the nation."
55 US Corporations Paying No Federal Tax Last Year Spent $450 Million on Political Lobbying and Campaigns: Report
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The lobbying, campaign contributions, and tax avoidance by these 55
companies is a never-ending cycle in which the companies spend to win
tax breaks, then use the money saved from those breaks to try to get
more."
International Leaders Join Call for End to All Legal Barriers to Abortion
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Women must have the right to decide about their own bodies—that is a
human right."
Ahead of Key Summit, 350+ Groups and 100+ Economists Tell G7 Nations to 'Stop Funding Fossil Fuels'
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"We have had enough of world leaders sitting and talking whilst the
world burns around them, with Covid-19 and climate impacts continuing to
wreak havoc," said one campaigner.
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Want Socialism? Try the US Military
by Mike Lofgren
Some of our top brass denounce socialism, but they run the most
socialist organization on earth.
We Must Divest From Oil Pipelines
by Sonali Kolhatkar
The fight over a northern Minnesota pipeline project could have global
repercussions.
Israel's New Coalition Government Will Be More Dysfunctional and Violent
by Jalal Abukhater
Palestinians expect more violence and expulsions as fragile eight-party
coalition moves right to attract supporters of ousted leader Netanyahu.
A Simple Solution to the Labor Shortage: Raise Wages
by Jim Hightower
If you treat employees as cheap, then that's what you'll get. But if you
view them as valuable assets, then that's what they'll be—and you'll all
be better off.
The Time to Secure Voting Rights Is Now or Never
by Chris Winters
"I think we're at a key pivotal moment in time, and urgent moment in
time for our democracy."
Arms Sales: What We Know About Bombs Being Dropped in Our Name
by Danaka Katovich
In this day and age where videos of U.S. allies committing war crimes
are readily available on Twitter or Instagram, no one can claim that
they don't know what U.S.-made weapons are used for around the world.
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Newswire...
Oil Change International Response to TC Energy's Historic Announcement on the Cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Oil Change International
NARAL Pro-Choice America Celebrates Reintroduction of Women’s Health Protection Act
NARAL Pro-Choice America
Oxfam Response to Biden Vaccine Donation Plan
Oxfam International
The World Needs An Urgent, Ambitious Vaccine Manufacturing Plan, Not Just Donation Commitments
Public Citizen
WTO Considers COVID Vaccine Access Waiver for Poor Countries
Jubilee USA Network
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