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Why Keeping Mature Forests Intact Is Key to the Climate Fight
This Yale Environment 360 article discusses why mature forests are critical in fighting climate change. Preserving mature forests can play a vital role in removing CO2 from the atmosphere, says policy scientist William Moomaw. In an e360 interview, he talks about the importance of existing forests and why the push […]
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Activist Greta Thunberg arrives in Alberta ahead of climate strike at legislature.
This CBC article discusses activist Greta Thunberg’s arrival in Alberta ahead of climate strike at legislature. Swedish environmentalist spotted on Stephen Avenue in downtown Calgary.
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg has followed through on her pledge to visit the heartland of Canada’s oil and gas industry, showing up in downtown Calgary on Wednesday […]
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The Stark Inequality of Climate Change
This New Yorker article discusses climate change and environmental justice.
As Hurricane Florence moved across the Atlantic in early September of 2018, state officials issued evacuation orders for communities along the Virginia and Carolina coasts. The writer and law professor Jedediah Purdy, who was teaching at Duke at the time, was […]
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Fires, explosions and toxic releases: Front Range residents fight fracking boom
This The Guardian article discusses fires, explosions and toxic releases: Front Range residents fight fracking boom. How oil and gas production is devastating Colorado communities and endangering the climate.
For Barb Binder, the bad news arrived with a knock on the door. That’s when she learned from a local activist […]
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CAN EXTINCTION REBELLION BUILD A U.S. CLIMATE MOVEMENT BIG ENOUGH TO SAVE THE EARTH?
This The Intercept article discusses whether an environmental activist group called Extinction Rebellion can generate enough protest to stop climate change.
“The science is clear: We are in the sixth mass extinction event, and we will face catastrophe if we do not act swiftly and robustly,” the activists said. “We, […]
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The Next Standing Rock Is Everywhere
This New Republic article discusses the next Standing Rock protest will be everywhere. The fight to stave off pipeline projects across the country is being led by tribal nations and marginalized communities. It’s time to listen to them before it’s too late.
There won’t be another Standing Rock.
At its height, the […]
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Climate Protesters Take to Streets of Cities Worldwide
This NY Times article discusses climate protesters taking to city streets worldwide. Extinction Rebellion, the British-based activist group, shut down parts of central London for the second time in six months. The climate group Extinction Rebellion organized protests around major landmarks in London on Monday. Demonstrations also took place in […]
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Reports: What we eat matters: to change climate crisis, we need to reshape the food system
This The Guardian article discusses what we eat matters: to change climate crisis, we need to reshape the food system. Everything we eat has an effect on global heating, but perhaps the biggest problem is livestock.
The world came together last week for the UN general assembly, and climate crisis […]
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The Literal Gaslighting That Helps America Avoid Acting on the Climate Crisis
This Bill McKibben article for The New Yorker discusses claims that the US is leading in reducing GHGs. The claim is that, since 2005, global emissions have increased by twenty per cent, but the United States’ emissions have decreased by more than the next twelve emission-reducing countries combined.
The problem […]
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