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Climate change will result in new viruses and risk of new diseases, says study

April 28, 2022

By Drew Costley
Associated Press, PBS NewsHour Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that’s likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, according...

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Vets Push “No War, No Warming” Climate Campaign Amid Russian Invasion of Ukraine

April 22, 2022

By Candice Bernd
Truthout Antiwar and progressive veterans organizations across the country are marking the first Earth Day after the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and Russia’s subsequent invasion of Ukraine by highlighting the ways in which militarism fuels the...

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Yes, Colonialism Caused Climate Change, IPCC Reports

April 4, 2022

By Yessenia Funes
Atmos The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its final report Monday. The Frontline explores the significance of the sixth report finally naming “colonialism” as a historical and ongoing driver of the climate crisis. The Intergovernmental Panel...

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The Climate Left Has a Tough New Pledge for Democrats

March 28, 2022

By Kate Aronoff
The New Republic With the “Green New Deal Champions” pledge, progressive groups are reorienting for 2022—and 2030. With prospects for comprehensive climate legislation looking dim, a number of congressional Democrats and several dozen progressive groups are set...

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After February’s Dire IPCC Report, the Green New Deal Is More Urgent Than Ever

March 20, 2022

By C.J. Polychroniou
Truthout The ongoing war in Ukraine does not bode well for the future of peace and sustainability on planet Earth. As Noam Chomsky said in a recent interview for Truthout, “We are at a crucial point in human...

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Green Groups Praise Progressive Dems’ Call for Climate Emergency Declaration

March 17, 2022

By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams The Congressional Progressive Caucus “is absolutely right that President Biden should declare it so we can build the energy security that only renewable energy can bring,” said one climate advocate. Grassroots climate advocates praised the...

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Care Workers Are Essential. It’s Time to Build a Caring Economy.

March 17, 2022

By Cesia Alvarez and Melissa Laratte
Ms. Magazine We are two immigrant women and professional caregivers. Despite how crucial the role of care workers is for the well-being of our communities, we are highly undervalued. When crises strike, we turn...

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Biden’s Climate Action Woefully Inadequate to Meet Escalating Crisis

March 15, 2022

By Adrien Salazar and Kate Alexander
Common Dreams Joe Biden must end U.S. climate obstructionism, or else future generations will mark his leadership on climate in this time of great need as a complete and abject failure. The Biden administration’s ...

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On a Grim and Bloody International Women’s Day, Let’s Build Feminist Solidarity

March 9, 2022

By Barbara Ransby
Truthout On this International Women’s Day, as the world watches a historic and bloody war unfold in Europe — while people in the United States and Europe largely continue to ignore the suffering of the millions of...

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The Existential Danger of Using the Ukraine Invasion to Ramp Up Fossil Fuel Production

March 7, 2022

By Sarah Lazare
In These Times Just as scientists warn we must drastically shift away from fossil fuel extraction, the Biden administration is pressing for more oil production. As Russian President Vladimir Putin escalates his horrific invasion of Ukraine, in...

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Conservative Media Accidentally Admits Conservative Climate “Solution” Is Costly Failure

January 18, 2022

By ClimateDenierRoundup
Daily Kos Carbon dioxide removal is the process of removing carbon pollution from the atmosphere via natural and technological methods, and will be an important tool for restoring a safe climate — once we’ve pretty much stopped sending more...

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Plans to capture CO2 from coal plants wasted federal dollars, watchdog says

December 30, 2021

By Justine Calma
The Verge The DOE funded projects that never came to fruition The Biden administration wants to shove more money into projects that are supposed to capture CO2 emissions from power plants and industrial facilities before they can...

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Care Workers Demand Federal Support as First Responders in Climate Crises

September 2, 2021

Photo by Rucha Chitnis By Rucha Chitnis
Yes! Magazine When Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida in October 2018, June Barrett, a Black Jamaican home care worker, rushed to take care of their elderly patients in Miami. Barrett, had worked...

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As the US Leaves Afghanistan, Anti-War Feminists Push a New Approach to Foreign Policy

August 9, 2021

By Shreya Chattopadhyay
The Nation There are signs that the Biden administration and mainstream foreign policy groups may be ready to listen, if not embrace a full paradigm shift. Although the US war in Afghanistan is now widely seen as...

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Ralliers call for $400 billion to care for workers in infrastructure plan

July 14, 2021

By Em Nguyen
Spectrum News 1 WASHINGTON D.C. — Senate Democrats made a breakthrough Tuesday night on an infrastructure deal, agreeing on a $3.5 trillion figure to invest in climate, education and family programs. Read more…...

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Dingell and Markey Introduce $10 Trillion THRIVE Act to Tackle ‘Our Biggest Emergencies’

April 29, 2021

By Jessica Corbett
Common Dreams The bill aims to ensure “an intersectional response” to the climate crisis, coronavirus pandemic, economic inequity, and racial injustice “that is proportionate to the scope of the problems we face.” On the heels of President...

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Chasing Carbon Unicorns

April 5, 2021

By Rishika Pardikar
Eos According to a new report, net zero targets many governments are pursuing are distractions from the urgent need to drastically reduce carbon emissions. In the past few months, many governments have announced net zero carbon emission ...

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US farmer groups deliver solidarity statement to Indian farmers

February 20, 2021

The Tribune Signatories, however, concerned by several additional factors not included in this statement Eighty-seven farmer organisations and allied agroecology, farm and food justice groups in the United States delivered a solidarity statement in support of Indian farmers’ historic protests...

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Interview with The KPFA Evening News on the need for a Feminist Economy

February 13, 2021

KPFA Our Political Director, Sunyoung Yang, chats with David Rosenberg of The KPFA Evening News about how a feminist, anti-racist, regenerative economy centers care and ends harm in our communities. Listen to the segment from 24:57-27:48....

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Indigenous Feminism Is Our Culture

February 11, 2021

By Jihan Gearon
Stanford Social Innovation Review A call to bring back matriarchy in Indigenous communities to rebuild and decolonize the foundation of Native community life. The words “Indigenous feminism” can be triggering in Indigenous communities. I’ve read op-eds in the...

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The Women Activists Rejecting Biden’s Pro-War “Feminism”

November 18, 2020

By Sarah Lazare
In These Times Why anti-war feminists don’t want hawkish women like Michèle Flournoy in positions of power. As the incoming administration of Joe Biden is celebrated for advancing women’s rights through the likely appointment of hawkish women...

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Women of Color Should Be the Ones Remaking U.S. Foreign Policy | Opinion

November 17, 2020

By Christine Ahn, Yifat Susskind, and Cindy Wiesner
Newsweek In the 2020 presidential election, Black women, Indigenous women and people of color across the country delivered the votes to throw Donald Trump out of office. These voters want a new...

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ABC Nightline: Protesters Descend On DC As Senators Pour Over FBI Kavanaugh Report

October 4, 2018

ABC Nightline Starts at 8:49 in the video Watch video here »...

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Democracy Now: “Climate Capitalism Is Killing Our Communities”: Protesters Disrupt Gov. Brown’s SF Climate Summit

September 14, 2018

As California Governor Jerry Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit kicked off Thursday, indigenous and climate justice activists blocked the main entrance in protest. While the protests took place outside the GCAS, Gov. Brown and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg,...

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Real News: Hundred Disrupt Global Climate Action Summit, Demand Climate Justice

September 14, 2018

Civic and business leaders convened at California Governor Jerry Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit, but protestors decried their “false solutions” to the climate crisis Real News Network »
DHARNA NOOR: I’m here in San Francisco at the Global Climate Action...

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New York Times: Protesters Have Their Day at California Climate Talks

September 13, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO — They erected a mini oil rig, locked arms through oil drums and sat down on the street. “Keep it in the ground,” their banners read. “No more fossil fuels,” they chanted. Protesters gathered at the Global Climate...

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The San Fransisco Chronicle: Climate Summit Protesters Demand a Place for Indigenous Voices in the Room

September 11, 2018

Hundreds of activists snarled commute-heavy traffic, picketed or simply sat in yoga poses outside the Parc 55 hotel in San Francisco’s clogged downtown Market Street area Monday morning, the first weekday leg of what promises to be a rocky series...

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In These Times: How to Organize Against President Trump: Grassroots activists reflect on the road ahead

November 10, 2016

By Kate Aronoff for In These Times In the wake of Donald Trump’s upset victory over Hillary Clinton, In These Times asked organizers who have worked in the climate, racial justice, immigrant rights and other movements for their reactions and...

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Laura Flanders Show Special Report: The Day After the Elections

November 8, 2016

The Laura Flanders Show This week, American voters come to end of a long national “nightmare,” as Laura has called it. This electoral seasons has left many of us battered and jaded, resigned to hit the polls for a less...

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AlterNet: There Is an Epidemic of Assassinations Targeting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America

October 30, 2016

By Sarah Lazare on AlterNet On October 18, human rights defenders José Ángel Flores and Silmer Dionisio were murdered after they left a meeting of peasant farmers in the Bajo Aguán region of Honduras. Both were organizers with the Unified...

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