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Why Racial Justice is Essential to the Climate Movement
In the aftermath of the brutal racist attack on the Black community in Buffalo, NY on May 14, 2022, Ebony Twilley Martin, our co-Executive Director, reiterated our commitment to ending…
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We Will Stand Against White Supremacy, Greenpeace Executive Director Responds to Attack in Buffalo
These attacks are sanctioned by political movements that use racism to divide us and pit us against one another. We will never create the green and peaceful future we all…
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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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MLK Day: No Celebration Without Legislation
January 17, 2022- Washington DC and Dallas, Texas. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2022, Dr. King’s family–along with faith leaders, civil rights leaders, and voting rights advocates across the…
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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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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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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…
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Engaging our Sovereignty for Indigenous Liberation
I’ve been trying to wrap my mind around everything that has been happening this year, maybe even the last 20 years. By definition, I’m a Native American male, constantly mistaken…
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The plastics industry continues to treat Black and Brown lives as disposable
Black and Brown lives matter. But the racist plastics industry continues to treat them as disposable. The plastics industry has tried hard to repair its tainted image during a pandemic.…
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Standing Together in Hope
We are in a really difficult moment. Many of us don’t have the words to express the roller coaster of emotions we have been on these past few weeks, let…