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Wind and solar plants will soon be cheaper than coal in all big markets around world, analysis finds

by ShawnCGMarch 11, 2020March 11, 2020

Report raises fresh doubt about viability of Australia’s thermal coal export industry

Fracking halted in England in major government U-turn

by ShawnCGNovember 2, 2019November 2, 2019

Victory for green groups follows damning scientific study and criticism from spending watchdog

‘There are no excuses left’: why climate science deniers are running out of rope

by ShawnCGOctober 19, 2019October 19, 2019

Guardian environment correspondent Fiona Harvey recalls being heckled at the House of Commons and explains how attitudes to climate have shifted in 10 years

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‘Older generations can’t understand’: XR Youth on being heard

by ShawnCGOctober 19, 2019October 19, 2019

For young Extinction Rebellion members, there is an urgency they say others struggle to fully grasp

‘People with no names’: the drowned migrants buried in pauper’s graves

by ShawnCGJuly 4, 2019July 4, 2019

As deaths in Rio Grande increase, Piedras Negras has buried unidentifiable bodies removed from water by first responders

What Is Neoliberalism?

by No author.June 10, 2019June 10, 2019

#Neoliberalism is defined by lower taxes on corporations & the wealthy, free trade agreements (ie. NAFTA), deregulation, and privatization and has determined the “public agenda” since Reagan.

Trump policy of less safety and more offshore drilling is ‘a recipe for disaster’

by ShawnCGApril 21, 2019April 21, 2019

Nine years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Trump administration is exacerbating the industry’s ‘systemic failures’, report warns

Talking about climate change in conservative places is hard. But we can’t afford not to

by ShawnCGApril 20, 2019April 20, 2019

If Mississippi reflects on the deep, systemic inequalities its plantation economy created, perhaps it will see those inequalities are exacerbated by climate change

Unbreaking America: Jennifer Lawrence & Solving the Corruption Crisis

by No author.March 11, 2019March 11, 2019

Our government is broken, and we have to fix it. RepresentUs board member Jennifer Lawrence and Director of RepresentUs Josh Silver, walk through three lines …