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Environment
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Xiuhtezcatl
Read more: XiuhtezcatlThe new wave of hip-hop has arisen a woke generation. From it, Xiuhtezcatl — seventeen-year-old Indigenous rapper and activist — has emerged, stirring the comatose with his music. From performing at the Standing Rock encampment with Immortal Technique and Nahko…
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Greta Thunberg launches video of family walking around burning house calling for action on climate change
Read more: Greta Thunberg launches video of family walking around burning house calling for action on climate changeGreta Thunberg has launched a campaign video of a housing burning to the ground as she calls for more action on climate change. The shocking clip shows a family waking up, having breakfast and talking as their home is engulfed…
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Jane Fonda joined TikTok and announced the launch of virtual Fire Drill Friday climate rallies
Read more: Jane Fonda joined TikTok and announced the launch of virtual Fire Drill Friday climate ralliesThis is not a drill: Jane Fonda has officially joined TikTok. On Thursday night, the 82-year-old actress and activist posted her first video to the app TikTok and announced that she would be reviving her legendary home workouts to help…
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‘Earth Day Sing Out’ supports climate activism, local musicians
Read more: ‘Earth Day Sing Out’ supports climate activism, local musiciansThe community is invited to join with local climate activists in the “Earth Day Sing Out” from noon to 1 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The event is…
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Mass Protests to Online Activism: How Coronavirus is Changing the Ways Activists Fight
Read more: Mass Protests to Online Activism: How Coronavirus is Changing the Ways Activists FightFridays for Future strikers around the world shared their demands for bold climate action online Friday as many youth activists heeded public health experts’ recommendations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic by eschewing public protests in favor of digital…
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A small group forces PNC to stop financing mountaintop removal
Read more: A small group forces PNC to stop financing mountaintop removalThis wonderful campaign of Earth Action Network against mountaintop removal coal mining focused not on the invulnerable mining companies, but on the banks that financed them – and especially PNC, which based its growth model on recruiting university students. It…
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Coronavirus Halts Street Protests, but Climate Activists Have a Plan
Read more: Coronavirus Halts Street Protests, but Climate Activists Have a PlanThe coronavirus outbreak has prompted climate activists to abandon public demonstrations, one of their most powerful tools for raising public awareness, and shift to online protests. This week, for example, organizers of the Fridays for Future protests are advising people…
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Climate activists painted murals on two blocks of San Francisco streets
Read more: Climate activists painted murals on two blocks of San Francisco streetsClimate activists took to the streets in San Francisco and painted murals directly on two blocks of the city Financial District’s main thoroughfare. The murals on Montgomery Street were painted as part of the Strike for Climate Justice protest that…
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#NoFutureNoChildren
Read more: #NoFutureNoChildrenAs leaders across the world are getting ready to gather together to discuss climate change—and what to do about it—at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York next week, hundreds of young people across the world are going on…
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#TeamTrees
Read more: #TeamTreesWhen And Where Will #TeamTrees Plant 21.5 Million Crowdfunded Trees? Two months after reaching one of the most ambitious crowdfunding goals in YouTube history, #TeamTrees is getting closer to delivering on behalf of its 800,000+ unique donors. According to a…