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Land is concentrated in the hands of landowners who use it for large-scale mono-crop farming. So our aspiration is to start democratizing land so the communities will be the owners of the life resources

A proposed dam on the Mekong River would provide energy for the region, but at a significant environmental cost.

Several hundred people filled the floor of Ramsey Center at Western Carolina University on Friday for a public hearing on proposed rules governing fracking in North Carolina. All who spoke during the public hearing opposed the rules

OK, you didn't see this one coming. Canada, yes, Canada, leads the world in forest degradation, according to a new mapping project.

Today the American labor movement -- like the rest of American society and like labor movements throughout the world -- is being forced to grapple with global warming, climate chaos, and climate protection strategies. The future of labor’s growth and vitality will depend on its ability to play a central role in the movement to build a sustainable future for the planet and its people.

Almost a decade of bruising debate has led to the absence of any serious policy alternative and paralysis over the way forward

Inequality is real, and it was created. Charlie Haden: El Quinto Regimiento. Eat kelp. NYC Women Talk Cat Calling. Epic Rap Battle: Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye.

We can, and must, create common ground between the labor and climate movements. To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, if God had intended some people to fight just for the environment and others to fight just for the economy, he would have made some people who could live without money and others who could live without water and air. There are not two groups of people, environmentalists and workers. We all need a livelihood and we all need a livable planet to live on.

When it comes to the environment, organized labor has two hearts beating within a single breast.