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Porter Ranch Residents to Fossil Fuel Industry: Shut It ALL Down
This past Sunday marked the one year anniversary of the worst natural gas blowout in American history, the Porter Ranch gas leak. When I learned last year of the leak…
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‘These Are Our Prayers in Action’ — A Look at Life in the #NoDAPL Resistance Camps
As I turn off the two-lane highway that courses through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation into Oceti Sakowin Camp (technically an overflow camp from the original Camp of the Sacred…
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Do You Know What Goes Into Your Bimbo Bread?
If you grew up going to la tienda with your parents to buy groceries like we did, you’re probably very familiar with Bimbo. You might even recognize their catchphrase: “Con…
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A Deadly Trade-off: IOI’s Palm Oil Supply and Its Human and Environmental Costs
This Greenpeace International investigative report looks at the Malaysian palm oil company IOI Group and its downstream subsidiary in Europe and North America, IOI Loders Croklaan. Despite policies to ensure…
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Colorado’s “Raise the Bar” Ballot Initiative
“Raise the Bar” would make it harder for people to bring ballot measures up for a vote in Colorado. It is part of a multi-year oil and gas-funded campaign to…
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How Your Generosity Is Helping #NoDAPL Camps Keep Up the Resistance
Right now, the eyes of the nation are trained squarely on the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Native-led, peaceful resistance to its construction. If completed, the pipeline would carry…
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My Arctic Home
I live in Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River) in the Canadian Arctic. Most people have never heard of my town. It’s 450 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle with a population of…
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Exxon and the Oil Industry Knew About the Climate Crisis
#ExxonKnew about climate change for decades, yet fueled a colossal denial machine to block any meaningful action to confront it. Now, thousands of us are fighting back.
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Remembering Our Nuclear Weapons Legacy
It was August 9, 2016, the 71st anniversary of the United States’ nuclear bombing of Nagasaki, Japan. Once again, I had traveled 50 miles to my local nuclear weapons design…
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‘Captain Hook’ Versus the Destroyer
“Rule number one when jumping in front of a speeding destroyer: keep all of your body parts on one side of the bow.” Peter Willcox writing with Ronald Weiss in…
