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Trump Policies Hand Poor, Non-White Areas the ‘Brunt’ of Climate Impacts
Critics are warning that the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the environmental review process for pipeline and highway megaprojects will hit poor and minority ... -
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‘Words Make Worlds’: Holthaus Issues Call to Imagine, Create a Radically Positive Future
As the climate crisis deepens, we must be “radically imaginative,” telling ourselves and each other stories of fiercely visionary, loving, and productive collective actions ... -
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Political Dysfunction, Economic Turmoil Exacerbate the Climate Crisis as Disease and Famine Spreads
Late 2019 saw the calamitous rise of both dengue fever in Honduras and hunger in Zimbabwe, events that demonstrated how government dysfunction, poverty, and ... -
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Countries Can’t Turn Back Climate Refugees Whose Lives Are at Risk, UN Committee Rules
Countries can no longer send climate refugees back to nations of origin where the climate crisis might threaten their lives, according to a ruling ... -
U.S. Judges Toss Landmark Youth Climate Case, Send Plaintiffs Back to the Ballot Box
After a five-year push just to secure a trial date, the landmark Juliana v. United States youth climate justice case is hanging by a ... -
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Stop Indigenous Evictions at Coastal GasLink Site, B.C. Human Rights Commissioner Urges
Canada must stop the eviction of Wet'suwet'en and Secwepemc protesters blockading the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern British Columbia, guarantee that no force will ... -
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Gwich’in Urge Major U.S. Banks to Refuse Future Arctic Oil and Gas Investment
The Gwich’in Steering Committee in Alaska is setting its sights on a small number of major U.S. banks that could ultimately determine whether fossil ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationIndia
Tribes in India Clash With Government Over Tree Planting on Indigenous Land
Neat rows of saplings dot the grass on a new plantation about 750 miles south of India’s capital, New Delhi. Here, in the Ambagad ... -
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UN Human Rights Panel Calls for Pause on Trans Mountain, Site C, Coastal GasLink
The committee that monitors a United Nations convention to end racial discrimination is calling on Canada to cancel the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the ... -
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Amazon Staff Face ‘Formal Corrective Action’ for Challenging Company’s Climate Performance
While pledging aggressive action to reduce a carbon footprint that approaches that of Denmark, Amazon is policing climate activists on its payroll, recently threatening ... -
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‘Groundbreaking’ Supreme Court Ruling Mandates Fast Carbon Cut in The Netherlands
Dutch campaigners are declaring an “immense victory for climate justice” after a strongly-worded supreme court judgement December 20 upheld governments’ human rights duty to ...
