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Police Take Their Grievances to the First Amendment
Our opponents haven’t missed a beat. Continuing a dangerous trend, state legislatures are introducing anti-protest legislation at a rapid pace this year. The bills would increase criminal penalties for vague…
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Plastic pollution is a global problem – Starbucks needs to take global action
On April 6, Starbucks Coffee Korea announced it will phase out the use of disposable cups in its Korean-based cafes by 2025. This is a first for the company whose environmental commitments have been primarily limited until now to promoting itself as an environmental friendly corporation. Why this is an important step The billions of…
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Big Oil is fueling the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Today, May 5th, is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). There is a disturbing legacy of violence against Indigenous women and children. It began…
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5 reasons we need wildlife in order to survive
Our natural earth is dying. It is on the brink of collapse. Just 15% of the world’s forests remain intact, and only 3% of the world’s oceans are free from human…
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8 Black Environmentalists You Need To Know
We cannot talk about environmental justice without addressing racial justice. Throughout history, communities of color have been disproportionally impacted by climate change and access to environmental resources, pollution, toxic soil…
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Overpopulation and Environmentalism
by Dakota Schee and Varsha Nair You may have heard people say, “we wouldn’t be in a climate crisis if we had fewer people on Earth.” The overpopulation narrative is an…
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John Stossel’s Transformation from Skeptical Libertarian to Polluter Apologist
Authored by Samuel Chernow. Edited by Connor Gibson. Over the years, something has become pretty clear: No amount of evidence will convince John Stossel that we are experiencing a global…
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One year of Fire Drill Fridays
Inspired by Greta Thunberg’s call to act like “our house is on fire” and guided by Naomi Klein’s Green New Deal advocacy, I reached out to Annie Leonard and other…
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Reusables Are Doable!
After months of the plastic industry exploiting fears about COVID-19 to scare people into buying more single-use plastics, Greenpeace just launched a brand new report to highlight reuse and refill…
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Celebrating Indigenous Resistance and Protectors Around the Nation
My peoples are native to the lands that make up present-day Mexico and the border region of Arizona. They are some of the last in North America to maintain…
