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The End of Ice: Dahr Jamail on Climate Disruption from the Melting Himalayas to Insect Extinction
A new report finds at least a third of the Himalayan ice cap will melt by the end of the century due to climate change, even if the world’s most ambitious environmental reforms are implemented.…
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The Big Heat: Earth on the Brink
The recent Polar Vortex of 2019 was so severe that the city of Chicago was actually colder than the North Pole, Antarctica, and Alaska. Just months earlier California was burning. We have entered the…
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[Act Out! 195] - Paying Off Climate Change, A Nostalgic War & The Thing About Jews
Here's what happens when you fine big polluters – plus a look at how intertwined law enforcement and pipeline companies are (hint: it's not you they're protecting and serving.) Next up, should we stay or…
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Activists Decry Trump’s EPA Pick, Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler
Senate confirmation hearings began Wednesday for former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, whom President Trump has nominated to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Wheeler has been the acting head of the EPA since Scott…
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National Parks Overflow with Trash, Human Waste as Gov’t Shutdown Approaches 3 Weeks
National parks around the country have seen overflowing toilets and trash piling up since the government shutdown began nearly three weeks ago. Park experts are now warning that the damage may take years to undo.…
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Will Democrats Back ‘Green New Deal’ or Not?
California Representative Nancy Pelosi made a strong statement on her first day as the 2019 House Speaker on the issue of climate change, referring to it as an "existential threat." But at the same…
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Sunrise Movement: Pelosi’s Actions on Climate Fall Woefully & Inexcusably Short of What We Need
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism from some climate activists for failing to back a Green New Deal. Last week Pelosi announced the formation of a new Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, headed…
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FSTV at Bioneers 2018: Alexis Bunten with Carl Nagin
Alexis Bunten, manager of Bioneers Indigeneity Program, speaks to Carl Nagin about how Bioneers aims to respect, learn from, and appreciate Indigenous peoples and Native wisdom, rather than simply appropriating or commodifying traditional communities.
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Do Americans Have A Right to a Healthy Environment?
Life, liberty and the pursuit of Justice are among the inalienable rights guaranteed in the founding documents of the United States of America, does this include the right to a healthy environment? Maya K van…
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“We Are Not Prepared to Die”: Ex-Maldives President Warns of Catastrophic Climate Change
“We are not prepared to die.” Those are the words that Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the low-lying island country of Maldives, delivered at the U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland, this week. In…
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Protesters Laugh Out Trump Admin Official Pushing Fossil Fuels at U.N. Climate Talks
Democracy Now! was in the room when indigenous and youth leaders disrupted an event Monday hosted by Trump administration officials promoting fossil fuels and nuclear interests at the U.N. climate talks in Katowice, Poland. Wells…
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You Are Stealing Our Future: Greta Thunberg, 15, Condemns the World’s Inaction on Climate Change
Fifteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed the U.N. plenary last night in Katowice, Poland, condemning global inaction in the face of catastrophic climate change.
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