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Preventing the Rise of Deep Sea Mining

April 22, 2021

John Hocevar

This year, companies like DeepGreen and DEME Group are in the Pacific Ocean, hoping to demonstrate that it is possible to mine the deep sea for rare metals used in batteries. The idea is as dangerous as it sounds.

Coca-Cola it’s time to stop your pollution at source

April 20, 2021

Coca-Cola’s plastics problem is beyond being a litter and ocean problem. Plastic pollution is also a climate, health and social justice issue.

No blank check for enemies of the environment in Brazil

April 16, 2021

Two hundred civil society organizations in Brazil sent an open letter to the United States government asking it not to support the destructive environmental policies of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

What We Need Now: Veganism

April 15, 2021

What We Need Now, Season 2, Episode 3: Veganism

To Build Back Better, We Must End Fossil Fuel Racism

April 13, 2021

Charlie Jiang

Climate destruction is only possible because our government tolerates racism. By phasing out fossil fuel production and holding polluting corporations accountable, we can fight the climate crisis and improve health for millions of people at the same time.

Plastic is a climate, health and social justice issue

April 7, 2021

Graham Forbes

Companies like Coke, Pepsi and Nestle rely on single-use plastic, which is not only polluting the entire planet with waste, but helping to prop up the oil and gas sector and fueling climate change.

Lion’s Mane Jellyfish in the Arctic Lion’s Mane Jellyfish. A selection of deep sea creatures that are found in the Arctic. The animals were documented by marine biologist, explorer and underwater photographer Alexander Semenov, head of the divers’ team at Moscow State University’s White Sea biological station.

Deep Sea Mining: the new bad guy in town

April 5, 2021

The oceans are facing more threats than ever—including a new, secretive industry ramping up that would put even more pressure on our oceans: deep sea mining.

Congress: Support the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021

March 25, 2021

Kate Melges

The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act was just reintroduced today with strong updated language to uphold environmental justice and to hold big plastic polluting corporations accountable for the plastic crisis.

What We Need Now: Poems, Love & Empathy

March 17, 2021

Season 2 - Episode 3

The THRIVE Agenda

March 11, 2021

Ashley Thomson

The THRIVE Agenda is a roadmap to recovery in the vision of the Green New Deal. The THRIVE Agenda recognizes that any recovery must address the interlocking crises of today — racial injustice, economic inequality, climate change, and, now, the COVID-19 pandemic. The THRIVE Agenda offers a bold way forward that actually meets our challenges — and stops offering half solutions.

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