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10 Big Lessons on Ending the Fossil Fuel Era

Jonathan Watts and Fiona Harvey The Guardian
Hope is contagious and science is king: At world-first Santa Marta climate meeting, delegates say it was ‘euphoric’ to finally be focusing on concrete solutions

Kathy Hochul Has One Last Chance To Do the Right Thing on Climate

Ilana Cohen The New Republic
Instead of weakening New York’s landmark climate law, Gov. Hochul could choose to meet its targets. Hochul’s choice to roll back the law inevitably signals a concession to fossil fuel interests, which have spent millions seeking to lobby the governor

Somali Immigrants Fled Climate Change. Now They’re Facing ICE.

Elham Shirin The New Republic
Somali immigrants in the U.S. haven’t just fled violence—they’ve fled climate catastrophes that the U.S. has helped create. Missing from Trump's hate filled discourse is the pervasive role of climate change in people’s decisions to move from Somalia

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Writing My Country

Beau Beausoleil
Poet Beau Beausoleil asks what happens when the crew on the "boat of liberty," a lifeboat bearing the survivors of other times and wrecks, gives up.

The Paris Climate Treaty Changed the World. Here’s How

Rebecca Solnit The Guardian
What we’ve done to rescue the climate is far from good enough, but we are “bending the curve.” Landmarks like the Paris treaty and the Vanuatu victory matter, as do renewable energy milestones, and there’s plenty left to fight for.
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