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A new proposed regulation that would bar large banks from declining to do business with particular industries or groups of companies was released on Friday by the Treasury Department’s Office of th...
In 2005, Deb Evans and her husband Ron Schaaf bought a piece of property in Klamath County, Oregon, where they hoped to build a house and selectively harvest timber on the land. They saw it as a lo...
There was some speculation that climate-changing emissions might drop this spring as the world went into lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But, according to a new report by the World ...
By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. With two months until Inauguration Day and President Donald Trump apparently hellbent on lighting mo...
A French court this week issued what climate campaigners are calling a “historic decision” in the fight to hold national governments accountable for insufficient action to address the climate crisi...
London’s City Hall is facing questions over its decision to hire a private intelligence firm known for monitoring environmental activists on behalf of fossil fuel companies without competitors bein...
Campaigners are demanding the Government reject greenwash by excluding all major polluters from sponsorship of next year’s pivotal UN climate talks. The UK has this week announced its first four...
By Edward R. Carr, The Conversation. Reposted from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The day Joe Biden becomes president, he can start taking actions that can help slow climate c...
Glaring climate inequalities between the Commonwealth’s richest and poorest countries pose a “direct threat to African lives”, a new report has found. Data analysed by the Kenyan-based climate and...
The election results are a stark reminder of just how divided the country remains on many issues. However, in the days since the results were announced November 7, two senators from both parties ar...

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A new proposed regulation that would bar large banks from declining to do business with particular industries or groups of companies was released on Friday by the Treasury Department’s Office of th...
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In 2005, Deb Evans and her husband Ron Schaaf bought a piece of property in Klamath County, Oregon, where they hoped to build a house and selectively harvest timber on the land. They saw it as a lo...
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There was some speculation that climate-changing emissions might drop this spring as the world went into lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But, according to a new report by the World ...
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By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. With two months until Inauguration Day and President Donald Trump apparently hellbent on lighting mo...
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A French court this week issued what climate campaigners are calling a “historic decision” in the fight to hold national governments accountable for insufficient action to address the climate crisi...
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London’s City Hall is facing questions over its decision to hire a private intelligence firm known for monitoring environmental activists on behalf of fossil fuel companies without competitors bein...
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Campaigners are demanding the Government reject greenwash by excluding all major polluters from sponsorship of next year’s pivotal UN climate talks. The UK has this week announced its first four...
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By Edward R. Carr, The Conversation. Reposted from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The day Joe Biden becomes president, he can start taking actions that can help slow climate c...
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Glaring climate inequalities between the Commonwealth’s richest and poorest countries pose a “direct threat to African lives”, a new report has found. Data analysed by the Kenyan-based climate and...
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The election results are a stark reminder of just how divided the country remains on many issues. However, in the days since the results were announced November 7, two senators from both parties ar...