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Activism

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Voices

Saving the Earth Up the Street From Racist Murder

We can’t ignore other racial injustices while fighting the climate and extinction crises.
July 21, 2023
by
Rev. Billy Talen
We can’t ignore other racial injustices while fighting the climate and extinction crises.
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Oceans & Clean Water

Planting Coral Gardens to Save Florida’s Reefs

Volunteers flock to Key Largo to go underwater and help restore one of the world’s most important ecosystems.
July 19, 2023
by
Melissa Gaskill
Volunteers flock to Key Largo to go underwater and help restore one of the world’s most important ecosystems.
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Extinction Countdown

We Asked an AI Chatbot How to Fight the Extinction Crisis

…and it did a halfway decent job. But algorithms alone can’t save endangered species. For that you need people who care and who act.
June 1, 2023
by
John R. Platt
…and it did a halfway decent job. But algorithms alone can’t save endangered species. For that you need people who care and who act.
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Environmental Books

The Perils of Capitalism and Disinformation: 4 Critical New Books

You can’t stop climate change or the extinction crisis without fighting inequality, injustice and conspiracies.
May 26, 2023
by
John R. Platt
You can’t stop climate change or the extinction crisis without fighting inequality, injustice and conspiracies.
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Voices

Our Addiction to Online Shopping Is Poisoning These Neighborhoods

The warehouse boom — and its resulting air pollution — causes dangerous health risks in California’s Inland Empire.
May 24, 2023
by
Lina Savage
The warehouse boom — and its resulting air pollution — causes dangerous health risks in California’s Inland Empire.
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Commentaries

Youths to G7: Protect Our Generation

What if governments finally decided to act on climate change and environmental degradation?
May 10, 2023
by
Maxime van Hoeve
What if governments finally decided to act on climate change and environmental degradation?
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Climate Change

Elders Seek to Supercharge Climate Action

Activism isn’t only for the young. Many seniors are eager to join the climate movement — and they have the power to achieve key goals, says Bill McKibben.
April 21, 2023
by
Eduardo Garcia
Activism isn’t only for the young. Many seniors are eager to join the climate movement — and they have the power to achieve key goals, says Bill McKibben.
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Voices

The Solution to Extinction Is You

Every crisis is connected. We must address the biodiversity crisis, the climate emergency, and poverty and injustice at the same time.
April 12, 2023
by
Tierra Curry
Every crisis is connected. We must address the biodiversity crisis, the climate emergency, and poverty and injustice at the same time.
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Voices

Why Climate Grief Is an Essential for Climate Action

Climate activism is most effective when it taps into the pain of grieving instead of repeating statistics that overwhelm people into numbness.
March 31, 2023
by
Benjamin Perry
Climate activism is most effective when it taps into the pain of grieving instead of repeating statistics that overwhelm people into numbness.
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News

Fear of Nature, Love of the Ocean, and Other Links From the Brink

We’ve got the word on an important new treaty, a victory against ag-gag laws, and two new threats to the massive Andean condor.
March 10, 2023
by
John R. Platt
We’ve got the word on an important new treaty, a victory against ag-gag laws, and two new threats to the massive Andean condor.

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