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'Biden, Can You Hear Us Now?' Ask Indigenous Leaders Amid Arrests at Fossil Fuel Protest
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by Brett Wilkins
One activist had a message for the president: "If you're claiming to be
a leader for our climate crisis... then you need to start living up to
your word."
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'The Burning of Fossil Fuels Is Killing Us,' WHO Warns in COP 26 Report
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by Jessica Corbett
"Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity,"
the U.N. agency says. "While no one is safe from the health impacts of
climate change, they are disproportionately felt by the most vulnerable
and disadvantaged."
'Reckless': Doctors Without Borders Slams US for Hoarding 500 Million Vaccine Doses
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by Jake Johnson
"The U.S. must immediately make public and concrete commitments to
redistribute excess Covid-19 vaccines globally if it truly wants to end
this pandemic."
Ahead of UK-Hosted Climate Summit, Oil Critics Arrested for Blockade Outside Downing Street
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by Jessica Corbett
"Johnson's failure to act has left us with petrol queues, energy
companies going bust, offshore workers unemployed for months on end, and
a deepening climate crisis."
'We Can Do All of It': Jayapal Urges Biden to Push for at Least $3 Trillion
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by Jake Johnson
"We can't pit child care against pre-K. We can't pit pre-K against
climate change. We can't pit housing against immigration."
A Quarter of All 'Critical' US Infrastructure at Risk From Flooding: Report
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by Kenny Stancil
"Our nation's infrastructure is not built to a standard that protects
against the level of flood risk we face today, let alone how those risks
will grow over the next 30 years as the climate changes," said one
expert.
Unite Human Rights and Environmental Policies, 130+ Groups Tell Global Leaders
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by Andrea Germanos
"The time to act is now."
Indigenous Coalition to Biden: Communities Need Clean Water and Climate Action, Not 'Empty Words'
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by Jake Johnson
"Biden has consistently fallen short of protecting the water that
sustains all life on Mother Earth and continuously failed to honor our
treaties."
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'Code Red' for Climate Means Reducing US Oil and Gas Production Now
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by Derrick Z. Jackson
Code red for humanity has to translate into a red light on fossil fuels.
The Preventable Horrors of the Pandemic and the Short Case for Open Research
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by Dean Baker, Arjun Jayadev
We should be looking to share technology as widely as possible, not
locking it up behind patent monopolies and other protections.
Uncivil Politics
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by Peter Bloom
Elite demands for democratic respectability serve only to protect an
unjust system.
US Must Stop Backing Regimes That Displace Indigenous Peoples From Their Homelands
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by Miriam Miranda
Many would-be migrants, like the Garifuna, would love nothing more than
to stay in our homes. It's Washington that's making it difficult.
Infrastructure Bill Would Help Protect Bees and Butterflies
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by Malia Libby
The new infrastructure bill would fund new habitat for pollinators—and
help people and wildlife in the process.
Build Back Better Legislation: New Keynesianism or Neoliberal Public Relations Stunt?
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by Ajamu Baraka
These social reforms are meant to address some of the more glaring
social contradictions produced by four decades of neoliberal policies,
but with the objective to strengthen capitalism and preempt radicalism.
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Newswire...
Water Protectors to Deliver 1 Million Petitions to Stop Line 3 Oil Pipeline
Women's Earth & Climate Action Network (WECAN)
Biden Administration Urged to Triple Listing Budget for Endangered Species
Center for Biological Diversity
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