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“These encouraging results suggest that not only are children increasingly engaged in advocating for their future, they are also effective advocates to their parents,” says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe

Several countries have proposed their own versions of a Green New Deal, but climate change knows no borders. We need a global response.

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European fund managers are casting an increasingly skeptical eye towards the oil industry, concluding that the industry’s financial future looks grim, according to a new survey published by a London-based organization today.

Indonesia Has to Find a New Capital

“The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.” – Utah Phillips

Extinction Rebellion has made mistakes, but passing judgment on their flaws isn't activism. After the XR protests, the U.K.’s Parliament declared a climate emergency and 54% of British adults polled said climate change threatens our extinction.

No one is coming to save us. Mass civil disobedience is essential to force a political response.

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...according to a recent report..., centrist Democrats and party leadership are part of ... an “anti-Green New Deal coalition” that could seriously impede the GND’s goal to transition the country to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.