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How Tefere Gebre Is Leading Greenpeace USA’s Evolution for Workers Rights and Climate Justice
To avoid worst-case scenarios of a world ravaged by climate disaster, Greenpeace must mobilize a mass movement, grounded in justice and driven by visionary leaders. And to truly make long-lasting…
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3 Ways We’re Fighting for Climate Justice this Black History Month (and Every Month)
When I think about a healthy environment, it’s not necessarily the polar bears that first come to mind. For me, it’s my son. He developed asthma from the polluted air…
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Neighborhood Drilling in California: How Latinx/Latine Communities are Changing the Rules (and How You Can Help!)
Planeta G is back for Season 2 where we’re telling the real stories of powerful Latinx/Latine activists who are fighting for their communities. If you missed the first two episodes…
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César Chávez was an environmentalist and 5 other things you might not know about California’s farmworker movement
Planeta G is back for Season 2 where we’re telling the real stories of powerful latinx/latine activists and farmworkers who are fighting for their communities. In today’s episode, we are…
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Let’s Honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day With Action for Our Democracy and Our Planet
“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny…We aren’t going…
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Farmworkers, Community Organizers, and Latinx power: How Communities are Fighting Against the Climate Crisis in California
Planeta G is back for Season 2 where we’re telling the real stories of powerful Latinx activists, farmworkers, and other community members, who are fighting on the ground to stop…
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Honor With Action: 10 Ways to be an Ally to Indigenous Peoples
In the US, Indigenous Peoples’ Day began as a counter-celebration to Columbus Day, and it has grown in both popularity and adoption in recent years. But the holiday is simply…
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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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President Biden’s 100 Day Climate Progress Report
Numerical metrics are based on the following “progress bar” that represents steps toward full implementation, with weightings derived from the #Climate2020 Scorecard. Phasing Out Fossil Fuels 1. Lead a Managed Fossil…
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Research Brief: Environmental Justice Across Industrial Sectors
A PDF version of this briefing is available here. Introduction The EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) provides data to the public regarding toxic air and water emissions from a large…