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A Zero Emissions Manifesto for the Climate Justice Movement
Written by Rev. Lennox Yearwood and Tom Weis | EcoWatch
“Zero emissions is an ambitious but achievable goal.” —UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
FEMA to States: No Climate Planning, No Money
Written by Katherine Bagley | InsideClimate News
Governors seeking billions of dollars in U.S. preparedness funds will have to sign off on plans to mitigate effects of climate change.
Why Should Evangelical Christians Care About Climate Change?
Written by Chris Mooney | Slate.com
Here are five reasons from an evangelical Christian climate scientist.
Pope Francis’s edict on climate change will anger deniers and US churches
Written by John Vidal | The Guardian
He has been called the “superman pope”, and it would be hard to deny that Pope Francis has had a good December. Cited by President Barack Obama as a key player in the thawing relations between the US and Cuba, the Argentinian pontiff followed that by lecturing his cardinals on the need to clean up Vatican politics.
'Green The Church' Seeks To Mobilize Black Churches On Climate Change
Written by Kate Sheppard | The Huffington Post
Leaders of the "Green The Church" movement launched a new effort this week to help 1,000 African-American congregations take action on climate change. Green The Church, its organizers said, "aims to bring the benefits of sustainability directly to black communities."
Is 'Net-Zero' Carbon Goal to Rescue the Climate Plausible?
Written by John H. Cushman, Jr. | Inside Climate News
The most striking recent development to emerge from UN climate negotiations is the growing consensus that within a generation the whole world will have to stop spewing carbon dioxide into the air from energy use.
Abrupt Climate Change is Here
Written by Robert Hunziker | CounterpunchIs abrupt climate change already here?
There are some serious scientists who believe it is already here. If their analysis is correct, the world could turn nearly uninhabitable within current lifetimes.
Harvard Students Launch Open-Ended Sit-In Demanding Full Divestment From Fossil Fuels
Written by Sarah Lazare | Common Dreams
Dozens of students on Thursday morning launched a sit-in at Harvard University to demand that the institution divest its $36.4 billion endowment—the largest college nest egg in the world—from fossil fuel companies, in step with a global movement to de-fund and de-legitimize the industries driving global warming.
Nearly 3 Million Gallons of Drilling Wastewater Spewed From ND Pipeline
Written by Andrea Germanos | Common Dreams
A pipeline rupture earlier this month in North Dakota is now revealed to have spilled a possible record-setting amount of "brine" created as a byproduct of oil drilling, with the full impacts of the incident still unknown.
McAuliffe backs 550-mile natural gas pipeline, disappointing environmentalists
Written by Andrea Miller
Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) on Tuesday unveiled plans for a 550-mile natural gas pipeline through three states, a proposal that won him kudos from the energy industry but criticism from environmental activists, who had considered him an ally.
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Nationwide Rallies Planned as Fight over Keystone XL Reaches Pinnacle
Written by Jon Queally | Common Dreams
In response to key developments related to the Keystone XL pipeline in recent days, climate activists across the U.S. have scheduled local rallies nationwide for Tuesday which they say are "critical" as a final White House determination on the project seems closer than ever.
This is land that has been in my family for decades. It is prime Red River Valley agriculture land. It was handed down to me by my mother and father when they passed away, and I’m intending to hand it down to my children when I pass away. Of course, if thousands of barrels of oil burst through this thing, that is the end of the family legacy.
—James Botsford, whose land lies along the proposed route of Enbridge’s Sandpiper Pipeline Project
For the Planet and Future Generations, New Congress May Be Most Dangerous Yet
Written by Wenonah Hauter | Food and Water Watch Blog
The swearing-in of the 114th Congress this week spells trouble for our food, water and environment, and for all those who seek to champion healthy, safe communities for our families. We may be looking at the most hostile Congress ever in terms of protecting the environment.
Russia Blamed, US Taxpayers on the Hook, as Fracking Boom Collapses
Written by Ben Ptashnik, Truthout | News Analysis
As Congress removes restrictions on taxpayers bailing out the too-big-to-fail banks, the right is blaming environmentalists and Russia for the demise of the fracking boom. In reality, the banks' junk bonds and derivatives have flooded Wall Street, and now the fracking bubble threatens another financial crisis.
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This Opportunity to End the US-Backed Carnage in Yemen Must Be Seized
This is the first real chance to stop the U.S. killing in at least one of the too many countries…
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Human Rights Groups Urge Senate To Block Trump’s Saudi Arms Deal
Skeptical senators have forced a Thursday vote on a small part of the president’s $110 billion agreement. They’re cautiously optimistic.
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Nuclear Weapons: Who Pays, Who Profits?
In an interview with Reuters conducted a month after he took office, Donald Trump asserted that the U.S. had “fallen…
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Bush’s Iraq Lies, Uncontested, Will Haunt Us Under Trump
The CODEPINK Tribunal taking place December 1 and 2, and live streamed by The Real News, is a historic collection of testimonies about the lies…
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Media Silent as House Passes Resolution for Syrian No-Fly Zone — Provoking War with Russia
Hillary Clinton’s loss was a shock to the purveyors of U.S. military hegemony, who saw in her an easier path…
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Stop deadly Obama plan to fund the Saudi conflict in Yemen
By next week, Saudi Arabia’s intervention in Yemen will have continued for a year and a half. In that time…
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Bombed: A Potato Chip Factory, a School, a Doctors Without Borders Facility, and Now a Water Well
Strikes in northern Yemen on Saturday reportedly killed two children and first responders as US-backed coalition continues 'disturbing' strikes
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Obama’s huge Saudi 9/11 dilemma
President Obama is facing a dilemma over legislation allowing the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S.…
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Belated Pushback on Saudis’ War on Yemen
Saudi Arabia’s bombing campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels has created a humanitarian crisis, with opposition finally emerging in Congress to…
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Rep. Lieu Leads Bipartisan Effort to Postpone Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia
Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) led a bipartisan group of 64 Members of Congress in sending a…
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Lieu-Yoho-Conyers-Mulvaney letter: Let Congress Debate New Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA], Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL], Rep. John Conyers [D-MI], and Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC] are circulating the…
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End Wars and Occupations
Since 2001, terrorism and instability have increased wherever the U.S. has intervened militarily. We call on the President and Congress…
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6 Reasons Not to Reboot the Cold War
The Obama administration's final Pentagon budget calls for quadrupling spending on efforts to counter Russia.
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We Must Demand a Nonviolent Solution to War and Violence in Syria
In November 2015 I traveled to Syria with an International Peace delegation. This was my third visit to Syria in…
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Rep McGovern: Congress must vote on ISIL war
As the new year begins, we are more than 15 months into military operations against ISIL, and Congress has yet…
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ACLU Blueprints Offer Vision to Cut US Incarceration Rate in Half by Prioritizing 'People Over Prisons' +
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How about some good news? Kansas Democratic Representative advances bill for Native Peoples. +
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How One Dying Man Changed The Debate About The Tax Bill +
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Democrats Just Won a Major Victory in Virginia +
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Repealing the Jim Crow law that keeps 1.5 million Floridians from voting. +
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Nuclear Weapons: Who Pays, Who Profits? +
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Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy +
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