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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! �How? �Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. �You can push ...
by birches
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on Tue Nov 28, 2023 at 10:00 AM PST
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Well, I thought I might get to watch the Former guy — aka the Orange Julius, aka the Cheeto Benito — do his perp walk for my birthday today. It was not to be, but there are still a bunch of fun stories. Welcome to the pre-perp-walk Overnight News...
by jeremybloom
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on Wed Mar 22, 2023 at 08:46 PM PDT
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Republicans cannot wait to attack ESG measures—and any other finance tools that fight climate change With less than a week to go until the midterm elections, Republicans are making it clear they are eager to do more damage to financial institutions who so much as mention ESG. Environmental, social, and governance practices can better hold companies...
by April Siese
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on Wed Nov 02, 2022 at 11:31 AM PDT
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Lies will not change reality. Global warming threatens our health, lifestyles and survival. There will be no survival of the healthiest, or the richest or the strongest. Each of us will be affected. ...
by Rise above the swamp
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on Mon Aug 01, 2022 at 06:00 AM PDT
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On February 17, Sen. Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) introduced a bill in the California Legislature that would mandate that California’s public pension funds stop investing in fossil fuel companies. SB1173, the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act, would require...
by Dan Bacher
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on Thu Feb 17, 2022 at 10:03 PM PST
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For the first time ever, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) is engaging publicly with advocates of fossil fuel divestment. Sacramento State’s College of Continuing Education Consensus and Collaboration Program will be hosting a...
by Dan Bacher
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on Wed Feb 09, 2022 at 12:23 PM PST
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In 2008, the big banks crashed the economy through reckless, predatory lending. Twelve years later, they’re working to do something even worse: crash the planet. With every dollar they invest in fossil fuel companies, big banks and asset managers make...
by Michael Brune
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on Tue Jan 28, 2020 at 12:05 PM PST
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NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and London Mayor Sadiq Khan want every city to divest from fossil fuels, and are offering a financial toolkit for doing so. This is the latest in a string of multi-trillion ...
by Mokurai
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on Fri Jan 10, 2020 at 04:00 AM PST
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When Wall Street tells you and your customers and banks you are running a Ponzi scheme, in so many words, you and they should pay attention. Fracking has been promising unbeatable profits to banks ...
by Mokurai
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on Thu Jan 02, 2020 at 04:00 AM PST
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Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns What if the banking, asset-management, and insurance industries moved away from fossil fuels? By Bill McKibben September 17, 2019 New Yorker Daily Comment: 'Money is the Oxygen...' This is a...
by ygdrasl
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on Sat Sep 21, 2019 at 11:25 AM PDT
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I have called attention to various moves to divest tens of trillions of dollars from fossil foolishness and the MIC. Everybody also needs to invest in the clean economy, whether in corporate ...
by Mokurai
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on Tue Jan 14, 2020 at 04:01 AM PST
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Every week now for the last 10 weeks, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m., I’ve been standing out in front of City Hall in SF (where I live) to strike for the planet. I arrive before many of the people ...
by birches
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on Wed May 08, 2019 at 08:00 AM PDT
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By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
Former President Jimmy Carter has called U.S. politics a system of “legalized bribery” in which powerful interests spend billions of dollars on lobbying and campaign funding to ensure that members of...
by medeabenjamin
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on Thu Jun 07, 2018 at 01:11 PM PDT
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In recent budget negotiations, Senate Democrats agreed to a boost in military spending that exceeded the cap for fiscal 2018 by $70 billion, bringing the total request to an enormous $716 billion. ...
by medeabenjamin
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on Mon Feb 05, 2018 at 03:00 PM PST
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I have been meaning to write a blog about my decision to run for governor of Massachusetts and the campaign since the spring, but we have had such a demanding and exciting time that I am only now making good on that intention.
In brief, I am a...
by Bob Massie
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on Sat Oct 21, 2017 at 11:50 AM PDT
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A bunch of Democrat and Republican Senators and members of the House are sponsoring a bill that would make supporting an economic boycott of Israel a felony with heavy fines and potentially many years of jail time. Both New York Senators, for example,...
by mmankoff
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on Thu Jul 20, 2017 at 12:08 PM PDT
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This column was co-written by Matt Remle, editor of Last Real Indians and Co-Founder of MazaskaTalks.org.
After the Trump Administration’s reckless decision to exit the Paris climate agreement, many people are looking to divest their money from...
by lenamoffitt83
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on Tue Jun 27, 2017 at 09:12 AM PDT
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The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia is one of five regional councils charged with promoting cooperation and integration between countries in each region. The ESCWA covers 18 countries in Asia and Africa: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,...
by subir
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on Fri Mar 17, 2017 at 01:32 PM PDT
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When Wells Fargo isn’t building golden parachutes for their CEOs to jump with, they are facing tons of blowback from real people and real representatives. Seattle’s City Council voted to divest $3 billion from Wells Fargo earlier this month and now...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Feb 27, 2017 at 11:32 AM PST
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While the orange hue of fascism hangs over our country and our public lands are set up to go to the highest bidder, President Trump signed executive orders to push through the Dakota Access Pipeline. Activists in Seattle, Washington are pushing for the...
by Walter Einenkel
20 comments
on Wed Feb 01, 2017 at 10:38 AM PST
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