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Meet the people backing the Polluters Pay Pact
Ordinary people, from all walks of life, are are uniting around the Polluters Pay Pact to say: governments must recover what is owed from dirty energy companies. Read more about the stories behind the faces.
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New president, same planet: A young Korean’s perspective on the climate crisis
To make these ideas real, the power of citizens will become more important than ever. Great solutions have always been born out of great crises.
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100 days of Trump & his billionaires’ war on the environment
In the first 100 days of his second term, President Trump has actively dismantled and weakened environmental protection, putting corporate profits and power for him and his billionaire friends ahead of people and planet and our future.
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From Manila to LA: How Greenpeace is turning Make Polluters Pay into law
Whether you live in Manila or in Los Angeles, you’re already feeling the impacts of the climate crisis. Scientific studies confirm Big Oil’s greenhouse gas emissions makes catastrophes significantly more likely to occur.
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A multi-billion dollar question: What good can come from taxing oil and gas corporations for climate damages?
As storms, floods, fires, and droughts are hitting us more frequently and with greater intensity around the world, the costs of the climate crisis are going up significantly. Bold taxes or fines on oil and gas corporations would help to raise vital revenues.
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Stakes high as G20 ministers miss opportunity to pursue solidarity, wealth tax
A meeting of G20 Finance Ministers has failed to deliver a key signal of solidarity as ongoing economic turmoil led to difficult talks in Washington D.C. and slowed progress on critical reforms to tax the world’s super-rich.
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Meet 6 Marshallese women activists who are changing the world
With an image connected to nuclear legacy, climate change, and the very real threat of further displacement due to rising sea levels, it is women who are at the forefront of this small but sprawling Pacific Island nation.
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Billionaire joyrides to space: the ultimate symbol of privilege and pollution
While millions of people around the world are struggling to afford basic necessities, the super-rich and their friends are launching joyrides into space that cost tens of millions of dollars.
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Forbes 2025 Billionaires List: extreme wealth soars while the planet pays the price
Taxes are the backbone of public services, from education and healthcare to emergency response and sustainable development. Yet, loopholes, corporate tax breaks, and tax havens allow the ultra-rich to contribute far less than their fair share.