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Biden Jobs, Infrastructure Plan Aims to ‘Turbocharge the Transition’ Off Fossil Fuels
U.S. President Joe Biden travelled to Pittsburgh last Wednesday to unveil a US$2-billion jobs and infrastructure plan that includes a 10-year, $650-billion commitment to ... -
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Youth Declare ‘Historic Legal Victory’ as Ontario Court Sends Climate Case to Full Hearing
The Doug Ford government in Ontario is now 0 for 2 in its bid to stop a youth-led climate lawsuit from going to a ... -
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New Legislation Requires Massachusetts to Reach Net-Zero by 2050
Two months after he vetoed a landmark climate bill, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R) has signed something very similar, with a 2050 net-zero target ... -
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Canadian Environmental Racism Bill Addresses ‘Toxic Divide’
Aamjiwnaang First Nation near Sarnia, Ontario, is ringed by some 60 toxin-spewing petrochemical plants, more than any other community in Canada. That kind of ... -
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U.S. Lawmakers to Vote on Groundbreaking Environmental Justice Bill
A landmark bill currently in front of the U.S. Congress could change the game for environmental justice in the country. Two key provisions: an ... -
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10.3 Million Displaced by Climate Disaster from September 2020 to February 2021
In just a six-month period over the past year, climate disasters sent more than 10 million people fleeing from their homes, adding to trauma ... -
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More Systemic Racism than Storm Damage in Jackson, Mississippi Water Crisis
The winter storm that famously brought Texas to its knees last month also delivered misery to places like Jackson, Mississippi. Weeks later, more than ... -
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Increases in U.S. Floods, Flood Damage Fuel Insurance Crisis
Sea level rise and severe storms are sending more and more water surging into America’s towns and cities, destroying property and lives. That has ... -
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Caribbean Refinery Poses an Early Test for U.S. Climate Justice Commitments
U.S. President Joe Biden’s promise to advance the cause of environmental justice is being put to the test by a U.S. Virgin Islands oil ... -
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Lethal Heat Waves More Likely, More Extreme in Poor Neighbourhoods, Study Shows
As the summer thermometer soars, and the cities of the southwestern United States are caught up in extremes of heat, the poorest people who ... -
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U.S. Senate Committee Vote Brings Haaland Closer to Confirmation as First Indigenous Secretary of Interior
A committee vote by a U.S. Senate Republican and the political clout of First Peoples in Alaska have brought Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM) one ... -
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Transition to Electric Cars Need Not Demand a Toxic Lithium Legacy
Despite widespread assumptions, lithium and rare earth minerals like coltan—and all the environmental and social harms that attend their extraction and use—are not necessarily ... -
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COVID-19, Climate Hold Lessons About Colonialism, ‘Syndemic Events’
Neither the pandemic nor the climate crisis came out of a vacuum—both are rooted in systemic racism and the bitter legacy of colonialism, says ... -
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$565-Billion House Bill Aims to Cut U.S. Emissions 50% by 2030, Decarbonize Grid by 2035
The United States would cut its greenhouse gas emissions 50% from 2005 levels by 2030 and count on a clean electricity standard to achieve ... -
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Canadian Environmental Justice Bill Set for Commons Debate [Petition]
A private member’s bill seeking to address environmental racism in Canada, in part by empowering BIPOC communities to act in their own defence, is ...
