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uk/Activists Occupy British Museum Calling for End to BP Sponsorship
By Frances Rankin
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Activists from theatrical protest group BP or not BP occupied the British Museum overnight in protest of the fossil fuel company’s sponsorship.  The protest titled ‘BP Must Fall’ began the day bef...
us/Advocates Call on EPA to Expand Air Pollution Monitoring of Refineries After 10 Found Emitting High Benzene Levels
By Julie Dermansky
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Available for the first time, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air monitoring data from over 100 U.S. oil refineries shows that 10 facilities have exceeded federal limits for cancer-causing be...
us/Judges Point Dismissed Youth Climate Plaintiffs to Political System Corrupted by Fossil Fuel Cash
By Dana Drugmand
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When a pair of Ninth Circuit Court judges ordered dismissal of a landmark youth climate change lawsuit last week, they concluded that the U.S. government may be harming the nation’s youth through i...
uk/Scientists Say Paris Agreement Climate Goals May Now Be Unattainable
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By Alex Kirby for Climate News Network The fevered arguments about how the world can reach the Paris climate goals on cutting the greenhouse gases which are driving global heating may be a waste o...
us/Activists Find Evidence of Formosa Plant in Texas Still Releasing Plastic Pollution Despite $50 Million Settlement
By Julie Dermansky
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On the afternoon of January 15, activist Diane Wilson kicked off a San Antonio Estuary Waterkeeper meeting on the side of the road across from a Formosa plastics manufacturing plant in Point Comfor...
us/How One Utah Community Fought the Fracking Industry — and Won
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By Tara Lohan, The Revelator. Originally posted on The Revalator. Kanab, a small Utah town that’s home to the famous Best Friends Animal Society, took an unconventional path to face down a frac sa...
uk/Comment: Why the Police Labelling Extinction Rebellion a 'Terror Threat' Isn't a Surprise
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By Marc Hudson, Researcher on Sociomaterial Transformations at Keele University, for The Conversation Extinction Rebellion was once criticised by other activists for “love bombing the cops”, but n...
Joaquin Phoenix, Martin Sheen Arrested at Jane Fonda's Final Weekly Climate Protest in DC
By Zach D. Roberts
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Every Friday for the last seven weeks, actress and activist Jane Fonda has held a rally and act of civil disobedience in front of the U.S. Capitol, calling for action on climate change. Each week s...
Sharon Lavigne stands outside holding a small stop sign and wearing a white t-shirt reading 'RISE ST. JAMES' and a closed fist
The Plastics Giant and the Making of an Environmental Justice Warrior
By Julie Dermansky
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This report was produced as part of ivoh’s Restorative Narrative Fellowship. On the evening of January 6, Louisiana state regulators issued 15 key permits to the Taiwanese petrochemical corporatio...
us/Comedy Can Help Us Tackle The Climate Crisis – Here's How
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By Birte Loschenkohl, University of Essex Society’s defining issues are rarely presented as raw facts and stats, and climate change is no exception. From the performance of funerals for lost speci...

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uk/Activists Occupy British Museum Calling for End to BP Sponsorship
ByFrances Rankin
on

Activists from theatrical protest group BP or not BP occupied the British Museum overnight in protest of the fossil fuel company’s sponsorship.  The protest titled ‘BP Must Fall’ began the day bef...
us/Advocates Call on EPA to Expand Air Pollution Monitoring of Refineries After 10 Found Emitting High Benzene Levels
ByJulie Dermansky
on

Available for the first time, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air monitoring data from over 100 U.S. oil refineries shows that 10 facilities have exceeded federal limits for cancer-causing be...
us/Judges Point Dismissed Youth Climate Plaintiffs to Political System Corrupted by Fossil Fuel Cash
ByDana Drugmand
on

When a pair of Ninth Circuit Court judges ordered dismissal of a landmark youth climate change lawsuit last week, they concluded that the U.S. government may be harming the nation’s youth through i...
uk/Scientists Say Paris Agreement Climate Goals May Now Be Unattainable
ByGuest
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By Alex Kirby for Climate News Network The fevered arguments about how the world can reach the Paris climate goals on cutting the greenhouse gases which are driving global heating may be a waste o...
us/Activists Find Evidence of Formosa Plant in Texas Still Releasing Plastic Pollution Despite $50 Million Settlement
ByJulie Dermansky
on

On the afternoon of January 15, activist Diane Wilson kicked off a San Antonio Estuary Waterkeeper meeting on the side of the road across from a Formosa plastics manufacturing plant in Point Comfor...
us/How One Utah Community Fought the Fracking Industry — and Won
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on

By Tara Lohan, The Revelator. Originally posted on The Revalator. Kanab, a small Utah town that’s home to the famous Best Friends Animal Society, took an unconventional path to face down a frac sa...
uk/Comment: Why the Police Labelling Extinction Rebellion a 'Terror Threat' Isn't a Surprise
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By Marc Hudson, Researcher on Sociomaterial Transformations at Keele University, for The Conversation Extinction Rebellion was once criticised by other activists for “love bombing the cops”, but n...
Joaquin Phoenix, Martin Sheen Arrested at Jane Fonda's Final Weekly Climate Protest in DC
ByZach D. Roberts
on

Every Friday for the last seven weeks, actress and activist Jane Fonda has held a rally and act of civil disobedience in front of the U.S. Capitol, calling for action on climate change. Each week s...
The Plastics Giant and the Making of an Environmental Justice Warrior
ByJulie Dermansky
on

This report was produced as part of ivoh’s Restorative Narrative Fellowship. On the evening of January 6, Louisiana state regulators issued 15 key permits to the Taiwanese petrochemical corporatio...
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Sharon Lavigne stands outside holding a small stop sign and wearing a white t-shirt reading 'RISE ST. JAMES' and a closed fist
us/Comedy Can Help Us Tackle The Climate Crisis – Here's How
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By Birte Loschenkohl, University of Essex Society’s defining issues are rarely presented as raw facts and stats, and climate change is no exception. From the performance of funerals for lost speci...

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