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Congress Has a Plan to Achieve 100 Percent Clean and Renewable Energy by 2050
Written by Raul Grijalva , Keith Ellison and Mark Ruffalo
But instead of taking up the challenge of climate change, Republicans are threatening to shut down the government.
Amazonian "Canoe of Life" Brings Indigenous Rights Message to COP21
Written by Amazon Watch
At a sunrise ceremony on the Canal de la Villette in central Paris, representatives of the Kichwa community of Sarayaku from the rainforests of Ecuador announced the arrival of a hand-carved 30-foot long traditional Amazonian canoe. The 10,000 km journey, three months in the making, marks the first time an Amazonian canoe of this kind has arrived to France.
Paris Climate Summit: Why More Women Need Seats at the Table
Written by Maria Ivanova | The Conversation
Women have been severely underrepresented at high levels of policymaking around global environmental concerns.
New exposé unearths the true dirt behind COP21’s corporate sponsors
Written by Jesse Bragg | Corporate Accountability International
Study peels back green façade uncovering hollow PR, disastrous environmental track record and destructive lobbying
New exposé unearths the true dirt behind COP21’s corporate sponsors
Written by Corporate Accountability International
Study peels back green façade uncovering hollow PR, disastrous environmental track record and destructive lobbying
Groups Gather at Nation’s Capitol to Pressure Congress to Ban Fracking on Public Lands
Written by Food and Water Watch | EcoWatch
Today, more than 15 advocacy groups gathered outside of the nation’s Capitol, with Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-2) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-9) to deliver more than 350,000 petitions urging Congressional support of the Protect Our Public Lands Act, H.R. 1902. The legislation is the strongest anti-fracking bill introduced in Congress to date and would ban fracking on public lands. It was introduced this Earth Day by Reps. Pocan and Schakowsky and seven other original cosponsors. The bill now has 27 cosponsors.
As 'This Changes Everything' Debuts in US, Leave Your Climate Despair at the Door
Written by Jon Queally | Common Dreams
'People are ready for a deeper, much more systemic critique and much more grassroots, radical solutions,' says film's director Avi Lewis
Sheldon Whitehouse: Sue Fossil Fuel Companies For Climate Fraud
Written by Daniel Marans | The Huffington Post
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) has a new plan to combat climate change: sue fossil fuel companies for fraud.
Release of encyclical reveals pope’s deep dive into climate science
Written by Anthony Faiola,Michelle Boorstein,Chris Mooney
He warns of “synthetic agrotoxins” harming birds and insects and “bioaccumulation” from industrial waste. He calls for renewable fuel subsidies and “maximum energy efficiency.” And although he offers prayers at the beginning and end of his heavily anticipated missive on the environment, Pope Francis unmasks himself not only as a very green pontiff, but also as a total policy wonk.
Smithsonian Stands By Wildly Misleading Climate Change Exhibit Paid For By Kochs
Written by Joe Romm | ThinkProgress
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Business Leaders Call for Global Climate Deal, Net Zero Emissions
Written by International Institute for Sustainable Voting Rights
21 May 2015: During the Business & Climate Summit, a key event of Climate Week Paris, leaders of major businesses worldwide called on policymakers to leverage public and private finance to shift to a low-carbon economy, introduce carefully designed and predictable carbon pricing, and eliminate fossil-fuel subsidies. The Summit mobilized over 6.5 million companies from more than 130 countries through 25 business networks, who pledged to lead the global transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy.
The climate change fight cannot be won with white liberal America alone
Written by Raúl M Grijalva | The Guardian
Environmental advocacy must start representing the country we live in – a country where Asian and Latino families are the fastest growing populations. The biggest issue in conservation – bigger than any mining project, power plant or climate plan – is diversity. The environmental movement needs to start looking like modern America. To continue our proud American legacy of protecting our environment, we need to adapt.
How Climate Protection Has Become Today’s Labor Solidarity
Written by Jeremy Brecher | The Nation
Under banners proclaiming “Healthy Planet & Good Jobs,” thousands of trade unionists from 75 local and national unions, highly visible in their red, blue, green, and white union uniforms, joined the People’s Climate March in New York City last September—a quantum leap from labor’s previous participation in climate actions.
Rev. Yearwood: How We Reach Critical Mass to Stop Climate Chaos
Written by Rev. Lennox Yearwood | EcoWatch
This upcoming weekend at the University of the District of Columbia Law School, Bill McKibben, Dr. Michael Dorsey, Lester Brown, Professor Mark Jacobson, Mustafa Ali from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Professor Phillip Harvey, Barbara Arnwine, Rev. Rodney Sadler, Jay Nightwolf, Krystal Williams, Joe Uehlein, Ted Glick, Chuck Rocha, Professor Joel Rogers, Nikisha Glover, Mike Ewall, Jeffrey Wolfe, Joel Segal, State Sen. Ben Ptashnik, Jacquelyn Patterson, Terrence Muhammad, Mark Magana, Dr. Gabriela Lemus, Leslie Fields, Andrea Miller and many, many more, will address these two central questions in a convening sponsored by People Demanding Action: