Climate campaigners and people on the frontlines of the planetary emergency celebrated Tuesday after Sen. Joe Manchin requested that his fossil fuel-friendly permitting…
Frontline communities and climateĀ campaigners on Wednesday reiterated theirĀ oppositionĀ to U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s “dirty deal” after the West Virginia DemocratĀ unveiledĀ the full text of…
The last nuclear reactor operating at a Russian-occupied plant in Ukraine was shut down after a power line connecting the facility to…
As United Nations Secretary-GeneralĀ AntĆ³nio Guterres on Saturday visited Pakistani communities devastated by recent floods, the Egyptian governmentāset to host a global climate…
Community organizers and their supporters are celebrating that after years of local resistance, South Louisiana Methanol won’t complete a stalled $2.2 billion petrochemical…
Low-wage workers and campaignersĀ across Nebraska celebrated Secretary of State Bob Evnen’s Tuesday announcement that a measure to raise the hourly minimum wage…
Climate campaigners across South Africa and beyond celebrated a Thursday court ruling against Shell seismic blasting in search of fossil fuels along the…
We have long since arrived at the point at which civil disobedience by scientists has become justified.” That’s according toĀ an articleĀ publishedĀ Monday in…
As Pakistan and theĀ United Nations asked the world for $160 million in response to catastrophic flooding in the country, U.N. Secretary-General AntĆ³nio…
A broad coalition ofĀ more than 650 climate and progressive advocacy groups Wednesday called on congressional Democratic leaders to reject Sen. Joe Manchin’s…
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