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Thousands Worldwide Urge Leaders to Ban Fracking
On Saturday, Oct. 19, thousands of people joined together in an international day of action, with more than 250 events on six continents, calling for a ban on fracking. The second annual Global Frackdown 2, a project of Food & Water Watch, challenged policy makers to oppose fracking and support investment in renewable energy. [caption id="attachment_308628" align="alignnone" width="500"] Global Frackdown 2…
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New Report Reveals Koch Brothers Could Make $100B Profit if Keystone XL Pipeline is Built
The progressive think tank International Forum on Globalization (IFG) released a report today investigating how Koch Industries and its subsidiaries stand to make as much as $100 billion in profits if the Keystone XL pipeline is built. The report, Billionaires’ Carbon Bomb: The Koch Keystone XL Pipeline, finds that the Kochs hold up to 2…
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Hundreds of Protests in 36 Countries Demand Release of Arctic 30
Today, as the Arctic 30 face their 30th day of imprisonment in Russia, nearly 10,000 people are taking to the streets at more than 100 events in 36 countries to call for their immediate release, according to a Greenpeace press release. Last night, the grounds of the Greenpeace office in Murmansk, Russia, were broken into. CCTV footage, released…
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How the 16-Day Government Shutdown Significantly Impacted Health and the Environment
By Frances Beinecke After 16 long days, the government shutdown has finally come to an end. It is relief to know that hundreds of thousands public servants can return to work and that critical programs protecting our health and the environment will fully function once again. But any sense of reassurance is tempered by two…
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World Food Day: Cook Organic, Not the Planet
Ronnie Cummins “Here’s the single most important thing you need to know about the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report: it’s not too late. We still have time to do something about climate disruption. The best estimate from the best science is that we can limit warming from human-caused carbon pollution to less than…