Friend,

As 2019 is coming to an end, we have hope that this was the year the world finally woke up to the climate emergency:

• Greta Thunberg led hundreds of thousands of school children in weekly 'Fridays for Future' school strikes;
  
• The young activists from the Sunshine Movement teamed up with AOC and 'The Squad' to galvanize a movement for a Green New Deal that gets us to 100% renewable energy ASAP;
• The Extinction Rebellion movement embarked on a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience that spread worldwide;
• Millions of people brought city centers to a standstill around the world—dragging the climate emergency into the mainstream.

It's issue #1 for our staff and our readers. Incredibly, in 2019 our news team produced over 2,000 articles on the climate emergency and the people-powered actions fighting for our future.

We want to be here to cover the battle in 2020 and beyond. But we still must raise $42,000 by Tuesday at midnight to make our Year-End goal.

Will you help us? Please make a tax-deductible, year-end contribution now.

In renewed hope,

Andrea Germanos
Senior Editor
for the whole Common Dreams news team

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